The EU’s Health Technology Assessment Regulation: Overview and considerations for regulatory teams
By Rosa Willock, Sophia McGovern, Michael Harding and Tom Oakley2025-03-07T11:29:00
The EU’s Health Technology Assessment Regulation (EU-HTAR) demonstrates a significant transformation in how health technologies are evaluated across EU member states (MS). The regulation, which came into effect on 12 January 2025, establishes a partnership between the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and national Health Technology Assessment (HTA) bodies through introducing joint clinical assessments (JCAs) and joint scientific consultations (JSCs).