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Selling medical devices to hospitals can be a lucrative yet challenging endeavor. With the healthcare industry growing and the demand for medical devices and medical equipment increasing, unde…


AI in Healthcare: Key Innovations and 5 Companies to Watch in 2025…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has already proven its potential to revolutionise the world of pharmaceuticals, and although there’s still a way to go in terms of effectively implementing and using this technology to its full potential, it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. As part of our series focusing on how AI is transforming the pharmaceutical and life s…

Transitioning from general sales to pharmaceutical sales can be an exciting career move that often offers better earning potential, professional growth, and the opportunity to work in a dynamic, science-driven industry where you can help improve the lives of patients across the globe. Although achievable, breaking into the pharmaceutical sales field will require a strategic approach – along with a wealth of industry knowledge – to convince hiring managers that your sales experience is both valuable and transfe…

The Role of Water for Injection (WFI) in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Water for Injection (WFI) serves as a cornerstone of pharmaceutical manufacturing, where the highest standards of quality and purity are paramount. Its use spans the production of injectable drugs, vaccines, and other critical healthcare products, requiring utmost precision and control to e…

An introductory guide to market access stakeholders and processes for medical devices in key European markets and the USA In this introductory guide, our Global market access experts provide an overview of the commercial launch landscape for medical devices in the USA and key European healthcare systems. We highlight the differences between selected markets and provide a go-to guide for those looking to bring medical device innovations to the…
Calum Jones (Associate Director – Health Economics) shares his experience of speaking at the 2024 HTAi Annual Meeting. Calum participated in the panel discussion: ‘Surrogate Endpoints in Health Technology Assessment (HTA): From Trials to Economic Evaluations’. On 18th June, I had the distinct pleasure of participating in an expert panel at the HTAi annual meeting held in the picturesque city of Seville, Spain. The session, titled ‘Surrogate Endpoints in Health Technology Assessment (HTA): From Trials to Economi…
Health economic modelling is fundamental to market access, in both health technology assessment (HTA) and pre and post-launch engagement. It is of value globally, but holds particular importance in markets across Europe, the UK, and Canada, among others. Its application in the US, however, is less established. With a dedicated Health Economics Team, economic modelling is a key area in which Mtech Access support clients. Whilst there are variations in the approaches between HTA markets, we can see commonalities in the requirement for e…
Executive Summary Hayley Shoel and Abigail Beveridge, from our Medical Writing Team, outline what to expect from this paper in the below Executive Summary. In January 2024, ISPOR published their ‘2024–2025 Top HEOR Trends’ report, a horizon scanning publication that highlighted key trends affecting healthcare decision-making around the world. Since these trends resonate with our own research and activities here at Mtech Access, experts within our team have come together to share their perspectives on each of the t…
1. Choosing the wrong type of systematic review methodology Selecting the wrong type of methodology for your review can have profound implications. A robust, gold standard Cochrane methodology involves two reviewers at all stages of the review, to avoid bias in the identification and presentation of the evidence, and ensur…
For the past 2 years, Pharma, Medtech, and Diagnostic companies have identified the delegation of specialised commissioning to the new Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) as a key risk to their UK market access strategies. With its importance to income and the high risk of change devolution seems to promise, specialised commissioning is an obvious issue for providers of these products to place at the top of their risk logs. The devolution plans are also a risk for the NHS. Not least, because around two-thirds of the income of a…
We are delighted to announce that the second edition of our popular introductory guide: ‘Market access and reimbursement in key European markets’ is now available. Our market access experts have updated the reimbursement routes and added new market insights for 2023/24. In this introductory guide, our Global market access experts present an overview of the reimbursement landscape in key European healthcare systems. We highlight the differences between key markets and provide a high-level guide for…
What is the EU JCA? In January 2022, the European Parliament enacted a new EU Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Regulation, with the aim of standardising clinical assessment of medicines and high-risk medical devices across the EU and avoiding duplication of work. Currently, Pharma and Medtech manufacturers have to submit evidence individually in each of the 27 EU markets; the intention of the JCA is that at least some of the assessment can be done centrally. The JCA report will act as a universal information source for relative treatment effects, safety…
What is Biotechnology? Biotechnology is the application of biological processes and materials, including biochemistry, microbiology and molecular biology. Nobel-prize-winning chemist George Wald coined the term in 1949. Biotechnology is not the same as traditional biochemistry: it encompasses a diverse range of techniques we can use for industrial processing and research purposes. For example, it includes processes such as recombin…
What is Biotechnology? Biotechnology is the application of biological processes and materials, including biochemistry, microbiology and molecular biology. Nobel-prize-winning chemist George Wald coined the term in 1949. Biotechnology is not the same as traditional biochemistry: it encompasses a diverse range of techniques we can use for industrial processing and research purposes. For example, it includes processes such as recombin…

by Kelly Doering, Sr Director, Industry Marketing, Pharma, AspenTech Medicines are becoming ever more complex in response to growth in personalised treatments and the development of a wide range of therapeutics to address less common conditions or rare diseases. Examples of the latter include small molecules linked to large, perhaps conjugated to a chemotoxic agent for targeted cancer treatment; peptides linked to peptides; oligos linked to molecules that allow for better cell permeability; and lipid-encapsulated molecules that prevent degradation. But it is the market for more personalised medication…

Two laboratory relocation specialists have joined forces to offer customers a seamless approach to moving samples alongside other elements of a lab. Lab removal firm Aport and sample logistics company Biocair have teamed up to bring combined expertise to their customers’ projects. The collaboration offers simplified project management and a single point of contact. The two firms will mark the new venture with a free webinar detailing 10 steps to follow when relocating a lab, taking place on Thursday 10th June. Commercial director of Aport, Tom Wickstead, said the partnership set new standards for the industry. “We’ve worked with Biocair o…