Make-up of Australian HTA review committee announced

The make-up of Australia’s Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Review Reference Committee has been announced.

Australia’s HTA Review has a goal to reduce the time that it takes for the country’s patients to access new health technologies. It will undertake the first major review and reform of the HTA system in 30 years.

"The outcomes must lead to health system improvement and meet future patient needs and demands"The committee will be independently chaired by former senior public servant and policymaker, Peter Boxall. Other members are John Young, former chairman of the Medicines Australia trade group, blood cancer researcher and hematologist Andrew Roberts, and Andrew Wilson, chairman of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee.