Using health technology assessment to set priority, inform target product profiles, and design clinical study for health innovation

ABSTRACT: Highlights • Early health technology assessment is useful, but not widely applied.• Practical steps were provided for conducting early health technology assessment.• Four concepts of target product profiles were proposed.• Aim to translate early health technology assessment into a practical tool. Early health technology assessment (early HTA) is a useful tool in guiding the innovation development process in medical technology development. However, the application of early HTA is sub-optimal amongst research and development (R&D) communities due to several challenges. In this paper, we presented a case study of application of early HTA by drawing on the experience from a workshop conducted for the Singapore government's medical technology innovation agency. The framework developed can help maximise the chance of the newly developed technology being accepted and widely used. By providing step-by-step guidance, this work aims to translate early HTA into a practical tool and promote the application of early HTA amongst R&D communities.

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8524319 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature