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Yuan Zhang, Xu Liu, Ying-Qin Li, Ling-Long Tang, Lei Chen, Jun Ma
A Field Test of Major Value Frameworks in Chemotherapy of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma-To Know, Then to Measure
value framework, European Society for Medical Oncology, Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale, American Society of Clinical Oncology, drug therapy, nasopharyngeal neoplasms
The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) have developed frameworks to evaluate cancer treatments, particularly for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. A study compared these frameworks using data from 15 randomized controlled trials of systemic c…
Aug 12th • 10 mins read
Doreen A. Ezeife MD, Francois Dionne PhD, Aline Fusco Fares MD, Ellen Laura Rose Cusano MD, Rouhi Fazelzad BSc, MISt, Wenzie Ng BSc, MPharm, RPh, Don Husereau BSc Pharm, MSc, Farzad Ali BPharm, MSc, Christina Sit MSc, Barry Stein B.Com BCL, LLB, Jennifer
Value assessment of oncology drugs using a weighted criterion-based approach
anticancer therapy, multicriteria decision analysis, value assessment, value assessment framework
The rising cost of anticancer therapy has led to efforts to quantify the overall value of new cancer treatments. Multicriteria decision analysis is used to incorporate multiple criteria and perspectives into value assessment. A diverse, multistakeholder group developed a drug assessment framewor…
Dec 20th • 15 mins read
Miloš D. Miljković, MD, MSc, Jordan E. Tuia, BA, Timothée Olivier, MD
Association Between US Drug Price and Measures of Efficacy for Oncology Drugs Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration From 2015 to 2020
Cancer drug pricing, Cancer care costs, Cancer drug efficacy, Progression-free survival, Value-based pricing in oncology, FDA anticancer approvals
The US has worse cancer-related outcomes compared to other high-income countries and has the highest cost of cancer care globally. High costs may be attributed to the improved efficacy of expensive new cancer drugs, though the relationship between cost and benefit is debated. A study found a lin…
Oct 31st • 10 mins read
Shun-Long Ou, Jing Luo, Hua Wei, Xiao-Li, Qian Jiang
Value assessment of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in the treatment of esophageal and gastrointestinal cancers
PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, ESMO-MCBS, ASCO-VF, value, cost
Only a few treatment regimens showed clinical value in EC and CRC using ASCO-VF and ESMO-MCBS frameworks. Nivolumab met valuable threshold in resectable locally advanced EC/GEJC. 14 positive therapeutic regimens assessed; 11 negative regimens showed no improvement in QoL and were below the …
Apr 21st • 13 mins read
Francesco Cerisoli, PhD, Farzad Ali, MSc, Tamás Bereczky, MA, PhD, Natacha Bolaños, BS, Lars Bullinger, MD, Sujith Dhanasiri, MPhil, MSc, James Gallagher, PhD, Sonia García Pérez, MSc, Jan Geissler, MiBA, Yann Guillevic, DEA, Kathryn Harrison, PhD, Anasta
Building a Healthcare Alliance for Resourceful Medicine Offensive Against Neoplasms in Hematology Added Value Framework for Hematologic Malignancies: A Comparative Analysis of Existing Tools
clinical value framework, hematology, Healthcare Alliance for Resourceful Medicine, Offensive Against Neoplasms in hematology, patient-reported outcomes, HARMONY, analysis
Current Value Frameworks (VFs) have limitations and do not meet HARMONY's ambitions for assessing the therapeutic/clinical value of innovative health technologies. There is a need for a cross-stakeholder agreement on the definition of "value," which varies among patients, clinicians, and payers. …
May 17th • 12 mins read
Ronak Saluja, BS, Louis Everest, Sierra Cheng, Matthew Cheung, MD; Kelvin K. W. Chan, MD, MSc, PhD
Assessment of Whether the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Value Framework and the European Society for Medical Oncology's Magnitude of Clinical Benefit
ASCO, ESMO, value frameworks, randomized controlled trials, ASCO-CBS, ESMO-PMCBG
The ASCO-VF and ESMO-MCBS frameworks currently lack the ability to measure absolute survival benefit, which limits their effectiveness in comparing clinical benefits across different drugs and in establishing value. The authors of the ASCO framework have acknowledged the need for both relative and a…
May 16th • 15 mins read
Leon Rozen
Medical Affairs value isn't what you think it is
Medical Strategy, Medical Leadership, Medical Affairs
Medical Affairs functions have spent years building the case for their value. Frameworks, metrics, dashboards, impact stories, insight delivery. The work is real, the effort is genuine, and most of it misses the point entirely.
Apr 1st • 5 mins read
Mateusz T. Wasylewski, Karolina Strzebonska, Magdalena Koperny, Maciej Polak, Jonathan Kimmelman, Marcin Waligora
Clinical development success rates and social value of pediatric Phase 1 trials in oncology
pediatric oncology, clinical development, trials, success rates
Pediatric Phase 1 trials in oncology aim to assess social value, focusing on rates of approval, transition to further phases, and citation in research. The study analyzed trials from 2004 to 2013, utilizing data from FDA, EMA, ClinicalTrials.gov, EU Clinical Trials Register, and Google Scholar. …
Jun 21st • 28 mins read
Kelvin Chan, Seungree Nam, Bill Evans, Claire de Oliveira Alexandra Chambers, Scott Gavura, Jeffrey Hoch, Rebecca E Mercer, Wei Fang Dai, Jaclyn Beca, Mina Tadrous, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai
Developing a framework to incorporate real-world evidence in cancer drug funding decisions: the Canadian Real-world Evidence for Value of Cancer Drugs (CanREValue) collaboration
RWD, Canadian Real World Evidence, cancer drug, funding, framework
Oncology therapy is becoming more expensive, challenging the affordability and sustainability of drug programs globally. Health technology assessment organizations use clinical trials for drug funding decisions, which may not reflect real-world outcomes. The Canadian Real-world Evidence for Valu…
Jan 7th • 8 mins read
Louis Everest, BSc; Monica Shah, BSc; Kelvin K.W. Chan, MD, MSc, PhD
Comparison of Long-term Survival Benefits in Trials of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor vs Non-Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Anticancer Agents Using ASCO Value Framework and ESMO Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale
immunotherapy-triggered LTP, RCTs, FDA, ICI
Importance: Anticancer agents, especially immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), have shown potential for long-term durable survival in some patients. However, traditional clinical benefit measures may not accurately capture this, leading to proposed amendments in valuation frameworks. Objectives: …
Jul 10th • 12 mins read
YuQian Liu, PharmD
Uptake of Oncology Biosimilars: Managed Care Strategies to Improve Value-Based Care Systems
biosimilars in oncology, cost-effective cancer care, healthcare education, bioequivalence studies, biosimilar adoption, cancer treatment protocols
Biosimilars offer a cost-effective alternative in oncology, expanding access to cancer care, but their utilization is inconsistent due to varying perceptions and knowledge among stakeholders. Increasing the adoption of biosimilars requires improved education and understanding among healthcare pro…
Jul 7th • 25 mins read
E Dawn Flick, Howard R Terebelo, Susan Fish, Amani Kitali, Vrinda Mahajan, Melissa Nifenecker, Kristen Sullivan, Paul Thaler, Sarah Ussery, David L Grinblatt
The Value of Pharmaceutical Industry-Sponsored Patient Registries in Oncology Clinical Research
registry, oncology, observational study, prospective cohort study, real-world evidence
Oncology patient registries are valuable for generating Real-World Evidence (RWE) due to: Prospective, primary data collection Characterizing smaller patient populations not typically included in clinical trials Providing insights into the rapidly changing disease course Allowing for longitudi…
Jun 7th • 8 mins read
Jing Luo, Shunlong Ou, Hua Wei, Xiaoli Qin, Rui Peng, Song Wang and Qian Jiang
Value assessment of NMPA-approved new cancer drugs for solid cancer in China, 2016-2020
cancer drugs, clinical benefit, cost, ASCO-VF, ESMO-MCBS
This study is the first in China to comprehensively evaluate the value of new cancer drugs using ASCO-VF and ESMO-MCBS frameworks and investigate the correlation between drug prices and clinical benefits. Approximately half of the new cancer drugs approved by NMPA between 2016 and 2020 achie…
Feb 24th • 8 mins read
Rajat Thawani, Neha Agrawal, Nicholas F Taflin, Adel Kardosh, Emerson Y Chen
Application of Value Framework to Phase III Trials of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Esophageal and Gastric Cancer
esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, comparative effectiveness research, outcome assessment, antineoplastic agents, immunotherapy
Immunotherapy checkpoint inhibitors are FDA-approved for first-line metastatic esophageal and gastric cancer, but not all scenarios benefit from non-selective chemo-immunotherapy application. ASCO Net Health scores were consistently higher in esophageal cancer trials compared to gastric cancer tr…
Jan 13th • 8 mins read
MAXIMILIAN SALCHER-KONRAD, HUSEYIN NACI, COURTNEY DAVIS
Approval of Cancer Drugs With Uncertain Therapeutic Value: A Comparison of Regulatory Decisions in Europe and the United States
pharmaceutical regulation, US Food and Drug Administration, European Medicines Agency, cancer.
Regulatory agencies often have limited evidence on the clinical benefits and harms of new drugs at the time of market approval. There is frequent discordance between the FDA and EMA in regulatory outcomes and the use of special regulatory pathways for cancer drugs of uncertain therapeutic value. …
Oct 6th • 48 mins read
Leon Rozen
The advice was good. It didn't matter.
Medical Strategy, Medical Leadership, Medical Affairs
There is a particular kind of professional frustration that doesn't have a clean name. It isn't failure — the work was sound. It isn't incompetence. The reasoning was careful, the constraints were weighed, the recommendation was defensible. It is something more specific: the experience of having d…
Apr 12th • 5 mins read
Jamie Riley
The Talent Inflection Point in Pharma and Biotech: A Challenge to Companies — and a Call to Candidates
hiring, talent demand, job market
As pipelines advance and execution accelerates, pharma and biotech hiring may shift again in 2026, reshaping talent demand.
Feb 4th • 7 mins read
Leon Rozen
Medical Judgment at the Point of Decision
Medical Strategy, Medical Leadership, Medical Affairs
Why Experience Matters in Local Medical and Clinical Leadership
Feb 12th • 5 mins read
Leon Rozen
Business Acumen Is Not Strategic Judgment
Medical Strategy, Medical Leadership, Medical Affairs
Why Senior Medical Support Requires More Than Understanding the Business
Feb 11th • 5 mins read
Michael Pietrack
Leading From the Front: 3 Leadership Lessons From Mark Cuban
Businessman and entrepreneur Mark Cuban recently discussed leadership with Leadership Lab columnist Michael Pietrack. The three lessons that came out of that conversation start with one word: caring.
Dec 17th • 6 mins read