Financial interests of patient organisations contributing to technology assessment at England's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: policy review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the prevalence of financial interests among patient organisations contributing to health technology assessment at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in England and the extent to which NICE's disclosure policy ensures that decision making committees are aware of these interests.

Design

Policy review using accounts, annual reports, and websites of patient organisations; payments declared by pharmaceutical manufacturers on their websites and a centralised database (Disclosure UK); declarations of interests by nominated representatives of patient organisations; and responses from patient organisations.

Setting

Appraisals of medicines and treatments (technologies) for use in the English and Welsh National Health Service.

SUBMITTER: Mandeville KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6334181 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature