(Reuters) – An experimental drug from Novartis may help up to half of heart failure patients for whom no effective treatment is available, although the evidence so far is indirect.Results of a mid-stage clinical trial of the drug known as LCZ696, unveiled on Sunday, gauged its effectiveness by measu

To understand the digital health landscape in different countries from national strategy and regulation to HTA evaluation, adoption, and challenges. The objective is to use this information to better inform digital health policy in Thailand as well as to create a reference case to conduct HTA for digital health technologies.

K. Chittawatanarat a, *, K. Tosanguan b, U. Chaikledkaew b, c, S. Tejavanija d, Y. Teerawattananon b a Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, Intawarorod Road, Sripume, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand

หากคุณมีผลงานที่ยกระดับสุขภาพ และมีระดับความพร้อมทางเทคโนโลยี (Technology Readiness Level: TRL) ระดับ 5 – 9 เราขอเชิญให้คุณร่วมประกวดโดยส่ง Abstract แนะนำนวัตกรรมที่กำลังวิจัยและพัฒนา เพื่อค้นหาสุดยอดนวัตกรรมด้านการแพทย์ในงาน “MIDAS Medical Innovation Hackathon 2025” ที่จะจัดขึ้นในวันที่ 15-16 กุมภา

Priority setting decisions in health policy are unavoidable. Priority setting has inevitable consequences in terms of foregone health benefits. Decisions can be optimized by ensuring that decision makers have clarity about both the costs and benefits of different options. The use of economic evaluation methods can provide a systematic approach to r

Merck, the second-biggest U.S. drugmaker, on Wednesday said outside monitors recommended that its late-stage study of odanacatib, a new type of treatment, be stopped early because data has already shown it reduces fractures. Shares of Merck rose 4.2 percent on Thursday, on boosted hopes for the medi

The findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine could fuel a political furor over new plans for a nationwide expansion of Medicaid that erupted after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold President Barack Obama’s healthcare law in late June.In an unexpected move, the high court rul

About the study Objective: This study aimed to quantify heterogeneity in the value for money of precision medicine (PM) by application types across contexts and conditions and to quantify sources of heterogeneity to areas of particular promises or concerns as the field of PM moves forward. Methods

(Reuters Health) – When people with chronic health conditions have lower out-of-pocket costs for medications, they are more likely to actually fill their prescriptions, according to a new research review.The findings, reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine, sound logical. But they lend some har

CHICAGO — Taking periodic breaks from a commonly used treatment for prostate cancer could shorten men’s lives, researchers reported here on SaturdayIn a large study, intermittent hormonal therapy proved to be less effective than continuous therapy for certain men with metastatic prostate cancer.The