Toronto, September 7, 2022 – MORSE Consulting is delighted to announce the addition of 2 new team members, Jaclyn Beca and Sang Mi Lee who will enhance MORSE’s reimbursement expertise into pharmacoeconomics, generation and use of real world evidence (RWE) and development of innovative agreements. We are at an exciting time in drug discovery and research as new technologies, such as cell and gene therapies, offer opportunities to treat and…
Toronto, May 4th, 2021 – MORSE Consulting is pleased to release their 2021 edition of the Canadian Reimbursement and Forecasting Timelines (CRaFT) report - a comprehensive source of reimbursement timelines and insights to inform forecasting and planning needs. MORSE has analyzed Canadian market access data from 2018 through 2020 to produce key reimbursement metrics. The report will support forecasting or planning necessary for launch in Canadian by providing critical insights on the public…
Consultations on Enhanced and Aligned Review Processes and Program Updates. CADTH released its Pharmaceutical Reviews Update — Issue 16 on June 25, 2020. It includes two consultations with respect to enhanced and aligned review processes, in addition to program update announcements. Highlights of the consultations and program updates are described below. Topic MORSE Note Consultations – Feedback due to CADTH by August 10, 2020 Consultation on Alignment of…
CADTH recently released their annual business plan for 2020-2021. In this, the last year of their three-year strategic plan, CADTH aims to deliver on a number of priority initiatives, several of which may have implications for industry, as described below. 1) Operationalize the Life Cycle Approach to Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Under this priority initiative, CADTH signals their continued commitment to the life cycle approach to HTA via: enhancement…
CADTH released its Pharmaceutical Reviews Update — Issue 15 on April 29, 2020. Please find below MORSE Consulting’s summary of this update. Topic MORSE Note 1. COVID-19 Update CADTH will continue to deliver on core activities, including the completion of ongoing drug reviews and initiation of new reviews in accordance with target timelines, and progress reports will continue to be posted on the CADTH website. Pre-submission and expert committee meetings…
Toronto, April 27, 2020 – MORSE Consulting is pleased to release our April 2020 Update to the Canadian Reimbursement Trends and Timelines report – a comprehensive, credible and relevant source of market access intelligence. This 50+ PowerPoint report is aimed at assisting market access professionals plan for future launches and also serves as a valuable education tool for both internal and external stakeholders. What’s New in the April 2020 Update?…
MORSE Consulting is pleased to release our Third Annual pCPA Year in Review infographic - 2019 Edition. This resource is aimed at helping market access stakeholders understand the top-line pCPA highlights from 2019. This infographic compares year-over-year metrics including: pCPA activity summary; average time to complete a negotiation; files adjudicated by the pCPA; and average negotiation duration by source. This infographic is an excerpt from the 2019 update of MORSE Consulting’s Canadian Reimbursement Trends…
Summary of CADTH Drug Portfolio Information Session Date: Monday, November 25, 2019 Time: 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm On November 25, 2019, CADTH hosted two information sessions in Toronto, Ontario for their Medical Device and Drug Portfolios. These annual sessions are an opportunity for stakeholders to get the latest information about priority initiatives and process changes. The summary below is separated into the following sections: Welcome and Strategic Overview…
The 2019 Real-World Evidence and Outcomes-Based Agreements Working Group research and outputs executive summary report is now available. The mission of the Real-World Evidence and Outcomes-Based Agreements Working Group is to advance the opportunity for the use of outcomes-based agreements in Canada.
Toronto, September 18, 2019 – MORSE Consulting is pleased to launch the Canadian Reimbursement Trends and Timelines report – a  comprehensive, credible and relevant source of market access intelligence. The market access pathway in Canada is going through an unprecedented level of change and uncertainty. This 58-page PowerPoint report is aimed at not only helping market access professionals plan for future launches but can be a valuable education tool for…
Introduction MORSE Consulting is pleased to contribute its pCPA/public payer expertise with leading pricing and reimbursement experts and provide our respective views on how the new PMPRB regulations may impact the Canadian environment. These experts include: PMPRB: Joan McCormick, Principal Consultant - IQVIA HTA/Health Economics (HE): Sumeet Singh & Heather Cameron – Cornerstone Research Group Inc. Private Payers: Suzanne Lepage, Suzanne Lepage Consulting The purpose of this summary is two-fold:…
MORSE Consulting summary of CADTH update. On July 31, 2019 CADTH released its Pharmaceutical Reviews Update – Issue 9 and MORSE Consulting has prepared a brief summary of the important developments from this CADTH update. Consultations (Feedback to be provided by September 13, 2019) CADTH is inviting stakeholder comments and feedback on three proposals for the Pharmaceutical Review Programs. 1) Enhance the Transparency of CADTH’s Review Reports and Recommendations…
MORSE Consulting is pleased to release its 2018 pCPA Year in Review infographic. The purpose of this resource is to help market access professionals provide a top-line pCPA performance summary to both internal and external stakeholders. This infographic compares the negotiation activities of the pCPA in 2018 to 2017 as it relates to: completed negotiations by source (CDR, pCODR, pCPA initiated); a breakdown of pCPA initiated files; and completed negotiation…
Summary of CADTH Drug Portfolio Information Session Date: Thursday, November 1, 2018 Time: 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm Presenters: Brian O’Rourke, Brent Fraser, Alex Chambers, Trevor Richter, Heather Logan, Tarry Ahuja, Michelle Mujoomdar, Harindra Wijeysundera Purpose: An opportunity for all interested stakeholders to get the latest information about priority initiatives and process changes from CADTH’s pharmaceutical reviews portfolio, including the CADTH Common Drug Review (CDR), the CADTH pan-Canadian Oncology…
Aligned Reviews Between Health Canada (HC) and Health Technology Assessment Organizations (HTAs) Date: September 26th, 2018 Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Presenters: Alex Chambers (CADTH), Virginie Landreville (INESSS), M Coyer (HC), and T Richter (CADTH) Purpose: To describe the HC-HTA (CADTH and INESSS) aligned review process in more detail, and discuss any questions regarding this initiative. This initiative aims to improve regulatory review in order to obtain more…