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What HTAsiaLink 2026 showed about the future of HTA in the Asia Pacific region
What can different health systems learn from one another as HTA responds to uncertainty, real-world evidence, artificial intelligence and patient involvement?
Our latest blog reflects on the discussions, connections and collaborations that shaped HTAsiaLink 2026 in Taipei—and what they could mean for the future of HTA across the Asia Pacific region.
Read the latest blogWhat Could We Achieve Together?
Collaboration takes many forms across HTAi.
Organizations can contribute expertise to a webinar or workshop, explore opportunities connected to a Policy Forum or Regional Meeting, support a scientific initiative, or discuss bringing an HTAi event to their region.
Our Registration of Interest form provides a simple way to share an area of interest and start a conversation about what working together could look like.
Explore the possibilitiesTake Your Work to Brussels
Abstract submissions are now open for the HTAi 2027 Annual Meeting in Brussels.
Lead an interactive Workshop, bring experts together for a Panel, or share your work through an Oral or Poster presentation. Each format offers a different way to contribute to the discussions shaping HTA.
Panels and Workshops: Submit by October 22, 2026
Oral and Poster abstracts: Submit by November 26, 2026
Opening the Door to the HTAi 2027 Annual Meeting
For some people, there are real obstacles to attending an HTAi Annual Meeting. Participation Grants help remove some of them.
One 2026 grant recipient said the support “opened a door that might otherwise have remained out of reach.” Another described the experience as “the push to keep going.”
For recipients, attending means the opportunity to share their work, learn alongside the international HTA community and form connections that can continue well beyond the meeting.
Applications for Participation Grants for HTAi 2027 in Brussels are open until December 4, 2026.
Learn more and applyApplications Open: Jill Sanders Memorial Scholarship
Applications are open for the Jill Sanders Memorial Scholarship.
Established in memory of Dr. Jill Sanders, former Vice President of HTAi and a dedicated champion of international collaboration, the scholarship supports individuals living in African countries who are studying or working in healthcare and want to strengthen their knowledge and skills in HTA.
Funding can be used to pursue education or training that will help recipients build professional HTA capacity and apply their knowledge in their home countries.
Applications close October 15, 2026.
Learn more and apply◤Webinars
Now Open to Everyone: Patient Involvement in HTA in Spain
For the next 30 days, everyone can watch Supporting Patient Stakeholder Involvement in HTA in Spain—no HTAi membership required.
Presented by the HTAi Patient and Citizen Involvement in HTA Interest Group, the webinar explores how patient involvement is evolving in Spain and how plain language summaries can make HTA information more accessible and support the meaningful inclusion of patient insights.
Connecting on AI & Data
On September 28, meet the HTAi Artificial Intelligence and Data Interest Group and help shape the conversation ahead.
Led by co-chairs Seye Abogunrin and Rossella Di Bidino, the session will introduce the group’s team, mission and roadmap before opening the discussion to the wider HTAi community. Participants are invited to share the AI and data priorities they believe should inform the group’s work.
Two sessions are available:
8:00–9:00 AM CEST: Register here
4:00–5:00 PM CEST: Register here
◤HTA News Around the World
New EU Templates Support Patient, Carer and Clinician Input
The European Commission has published three new templates to support written input from patients, carers and clinicians during joint clinical assessments.
Developed following consultation with the HTA Stakeholder Network, the resources cover contributions during the scoping phase and comments on completed assessment reports.
Toward a Shared Definition of Digital Health Technologies
A new peer-reviewed paper from the EDiHTA project proposes a harmonised definition of digital health technologies for use in HTA.
The study reviewed 482 articles and 328 definitions before bringing experts together through a two-round Delphi process. The resulting definition focuses on three core elements—purpose, users and underlying technology—and provides a clearer basis for assessing digital health technologies consistently.
New Funding Opportunities for HTA Research
The NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme has opened its latest researcher-led funding round for studies that could directly inform decisions across health and social care.
Applications are also being accepted through rolling opportunities connected to research recommendations from NICE guidance and priorities identified by James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnerships.
Applications close on January 6, 2027.
Explore the funding opportunities
◤Featured IJTAHC Publications
Assessing the Move from Intravenous to Subcutaneous Cancer Treatments
A new hospital-based HTA model examines the financial and operational effects of switching monoclonal antibody treatments from intravenous to subcutaneous administration. The study shows how factors including staff time, treatment capacity and local demand can inform decisions about adopting new formulations in oncology care.
Rethinking the Evaluation of Digital Health Technologies
Can digital health ease pressure on an overstretched healthcare workforce? This paper argues that economic evaluations need to look more closely at how digital technologies affect clinicians’ time. The authors propose practical ways to capture these effects and better represent workforce constraints in HTA.
Measuring Patient Involvement in HTA
Researchers from the Spanish HTA Network describe the development and first use of a protocol for evaluating patient involvement across its agencies. Their findings identify progress as well as continuing challenges around recruitment, expectations, accessible language and feedback, offering useful lessons for organizations seeking to strengthen patient involvement.
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The HTAi Team