New at CADTH — February 2018

Details

Project Line:
New at CADTH
Final Biosimilar Summary Dossier Issued:

Drug Reimbursement Recommendations

CADTH Common Drug Review

CADTH pan-Canadian Oncology Drug Review (pCODR)

Cancer Drug Pipeline Information 
The Cancer Drug Pipeline Information for Patient Groups is updated each month.

Health Technology Management Products

Rapid Response

Reports completed in January.

Recent Summaries of Evidence With Critical Appraisals Include:

Horizon Scanning

Issues in Emerging Health Technologies

Issue 165 — Alternating Electric Fields ("Tumour- Treating Fields") for the Treatment of Glioblastoma

CADTH Resources

Read the latest “Evidence Matters” column in Hospital News: “An innovation in cancer treatment: Do we need proton beam therapy here?

Evidence Bundles 
Our evidence bundles are a collection of the best CADTH evidence on a variety of topics for decision-makers:

Resources to Address the Opioid Crisis 
See our evidence bundles on www.cadth.ca/opioids and www.cadth.ca/pain for our latest work in these areas. Below is a snapshot of several reports that are currently in progress:

  • Concomitant use of opioids and central nervous system depressants (like benzodiazepines)
  • Alpha2-adrenergic agonists for the reduction or discontinuation of opioids or opioid substitution therapy
  • Emerging non-opioid drugs for the treatment of pain

News and Events

2018 is going to be a big year for health technology assessment in Canada! We hope you can join us in Halifax and Vancouver.

2018 CADTH Symposium 
Registration is now open for our 2018 Symposium, which will be held in Halifax from April 15 to 17, 2018.

Our Call for Late-Breaking Abstracts is open until Friday, February 16. Read more about the criteria.

Our preliminary program is now available. Check out the list of workshops, presenters, and plenary speakers.

We regularly update information and make announcements about special dates on our website. Be the first to know what’s new by subscribing to our Symposium newsletter.

HTAi 2018 Vancouver 
We are pleased to be co-hosting the HTAi 2018 Annual Meeting in Vancouver from June 1 to 5, 2018.

CADTH Lecture Series 
Register now! On Tuesday, February 27, 2018, Dr. Matthew Seftel will present his CADTH Lecture, Gene Therapy: A Scientific Renaissance? Dr. Seftel is Head of the Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology at CancerCare Manitoba and Associate Professor of the section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, at the University of Manitoba.

On February 22, Dr. Brian O’Rourke, President and Chief Executive Officer, CADTH, will be a keynote presenter at the forum Doing the Right Thing... Right: Evidence Informing Clinical Decision-Making, along with Dr. Sean Tunis, President, Health Technology Assessment International. The event is jointly hosted by the Institute Health Economics (IHE), Alberta Health, and CADTH, in Edmonton.

Evidence-to-Action Event Live from Symposium: Canadian Medical Imaging Inventory 
We invite you to attend the launch event of the 2017 Canadian Medical Imaging Inventory (CMII), which provides the latest facts about the location, prevalence, and use of specialist medical imaging equipment across Canada. The launch will be held during the 2018 CADTH Symposium in Halifax on April 16, 2018, from 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST, and will also be broadcast via live stream across the country, free for anyone to attend, but you must register. To attend the event in person you must be a CADTH Symposium Delegate or an invited guest.

Beyond CADTH

ECRI Institute Sheds Unbiased Light on New Healthcare Innovations for 2018: Annual Top 10 list gives evidence-based insight into apps for opioid addiction, genetic testing, acuity-adaptable rooms, and virtual reality for pediatrics. (Registration is required to view report.)

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