Research Type: Assessment

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Dec 2023 | Assessment

Interventions of Interest: Independent appraisal committee voted that sotatercept demonstrated a net health benefit when compared to background therapy; sotatercept would achieve common thresholds for cost-effectiveness if priced between $17,900 to $35,400 per year. Final Documents ICER’s Chief Medical Officer, David Rind, MD: “Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a progressive disease that can lead to debilitating […]

Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

Sep 2023 | Assessment

Interventions of Interest: Independent appraisal committee voted that across all patient subpopulations, arsa-cel demonstrated a net health benefit when compared to usual care. Arsa-cel would achieve common thresholds for cost-effectiveness if priced between $2.3M and $3.9M. Final Documents ICER’s Chief Medical Officer, David Rind, MD stated: “MLD is a devastating disease for children and their […]

Sickle Cell Disease

Jul 2023 | Assessment

Interventions of Interest: Despite uncertainty regarding longer-term outcomes, lovo-cel and exa-cel both estimated to produce substantial gains in length and quality of life; independent appraisal committee voted that currently available evidence is adequate to demonstrate a net health benefit over standard of care. Current evidence suggests that lovo-cel and exa-cel would achieve common thresholds for […]

Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis

Apr 2023 | Assessment

Interventions of Interest: An independent appraisal committee narrowly voted that currently available evidence for resmetirom is adequate to demonstrate a net health benefit over lifestyle management, whereas current evidence for obeticholic acid was deemed inadequate to demonstrate a net health benefit. ICER analyses suggest resmetirom would achieve common thresholds for cost-effectiveness if priced between $39,600 – $50,100 […]

Menopause: Vasomotor Symptoms

Dec 2022 | Assessment

Interventions of Interest: The independent appraisal committee voted that evidence is not yet adequate to demonstrate a net health benefit for fezolinetant when compared to no pharmacological treatment. Using point estimates from short-term clinical trials, analyses suggest this drug would achieve common thresholds for cost-effectiveness if priced between $2,000 – $2,600 per year for women […]

Hemophilia A and B

Nov 2022 | Assessment

Interventions of Interest: Fair pricing benchmarks suggest upper bounds for price of Roctavian at approximately $1.9 M and for Hemgenix at approximately $2.9 M. Payers should work with manufacturers to develop and implement outcomes-based agreements to address the uncertainty and the high cost of gene therapies for hemophilia. Finally, clinical experts affirm that it would […]

Multiple Sclerosis: CIS, RRMS, and SPMS

Jan 2023 | Assessment

An independent appraisal committee voted that evidence is not adequate to demonstrate a superior net health benefit for ublituximab when compared to other monoclonal antibodies. Analyses suggest ublituximab and all currently available monoclonal antibodies labeled for MS would achieve common thresholds for cost-effectiveness if priced between $16,500- $34,900 per year, a range far lower than […]

Obesity Management

Sep 2022 | Assessment

Interventions of Interest: The independent appraisal committee voted that evidence is adequate to demonstrate that semaglutide provides a net health benefit compared to lifestyle modification alone; however, at current pricing, semaglutide represents “low” long-term value for money. Semaglutide would only achieve common thresholds for cost-effectiveness if priced between $7,500 – $9,800 per year after rebates. […]

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Aug 2022 | Assessment

Interventions of Interest: Relyvrio was removed from the market on April 4, 2024. Read ICER’s commentary on Amylyx’s decision to discontinue the drug here. Final Documents ICER’s Chief Medical Officer, David Rind, MD stated: “The votes of the Midwest CEPAC reflected the remaining uncertainties around the benefits of these therapies and the overwhelming certainty that […]

Alzheimer’s Disease

Mar 2023 | Assessment

Interventions of Interest: The independent appraisal committee voted that currently available evidence is not adequate to demonstrate a net health benefit for lecanemab when compared to supportive care. Using best estimates from current data, ICER analyses suggest lecanemab would achieve common thresholds for cost-effectiveness if priced between $8,900 – $21,500 per year. Final Documents ICER’s […]