Tech Transfer

Healthcare Conference

About

The workshop focused on shaping the future of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in Saudi Arabia by exploring policy initiatives that support a value-based healthcare system. It brought together key stakeholders from KSA and Europe to discuss how HTA can enhance decision-making, improve patient outcomes, and ensure spending efficiency across the healthcare sector.


Date & Time:

May 30th : 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Objectives

  • Explore policy-shaping initiatives for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in the Saudi healthcare system.
  • Present examples of HTA policy-shaping efforts from other regions.
  • Share key learnings from established HTA systems internationally.
  • Evaluate the applicability of international HTA experiences to the Saudi context.
  • Gather recommendations from multi-stakeholder experts to support value-based healthcare in KSA.
  • Discuss the role HTA could play in enabling more efficient and effective healthcare decision-making in Saudi Arabia.

Agenda


Day 1:

Introduction +

Dr. Hana Alabdulkarim

Key steps to establish a functional HTA agency: building on the European experience +

Dr. Martin Price

Value-based contracting and reimbursement models of pharmaceutical products: regional experience +

Dr. Nimer Alkhatib

A European perspective on HTA +

Prof. Oriol Sola-Morales

Open discussion and conversation +

All

Key recommendations from the group +

ISPOR committee members and speakers


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