EvidenceMatters Newsletter

EvidenceMatters is a newsletter published by UBC for its clients around the world. It is internationally recognized and strives to provide health care professionals with hard hitting, accurate and timely information addressing the latest issues in health care worldwide.

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Recent Issues
October 2009

Comprehensive PRO Label Information

"Decision Making about the Value of Health Care Technologies— “Is the Patient’s Voice Being Heard?”

"Quantification of the Cost-of-Illness"

"Payers Respond to Clinical Trial Assessment Instruments"

May 2009

"Evidence Generation Strategic Planning for Optimal Product Positioning"

"UBC and the PACE Initiative"

"FOCUS ON: Right Evidence - Right Audience - Right Time"

February 2009

"Accounting for Productivity Losses"

"U.S to Adopt ICD-10"

"Patient Channeling"

October 2008

"Impact of FDAA Legislation"

"Change Blowing through NICE?"

"CMS' Compendia Changes"

April 2008

"Assessing Risk and Evaluating Risk Management Programs"

"Dialogue with Sir Michael Rawlins"

"The Role of a Call Center in Drug Development"

February 2008

"Benefit/Risk Evaluation: Use of Simulation to Support Decision Making"

"A Blended Learning Approach to Training"

"Credential Variability in Global Clinical Trial Raters"

October 2007

"Individual-Level Simulation is Here: Can you afford to be without it?"

"Health Technology Asessment: Impact in Europe"

"Planning Late Stage Studies"

May 2007

"The Bayesian Adaptive Trial"

"Goldman Sachs and UBC Sponsor Symposium"

"ePROs – Using Technology for Patient-Reported Outcomes"

February 2007

"UBC’s Review of AHRQ’s Draft Handbook"

"Identifying Good Practices for BIA"

"Using Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis"



Archived Issues

Note: Prior to May 2007, the EvidenceMatters newsletter was named Research News