PRESS RELEASE: IVI Convenes First-of-its-Kind Multi-Stakeholder Summit to Accelerate Aligning Value Assessment Methods with Real-World Decision Needs

Participants Define Consensus Expectations and Prioritize Research Agenda to Improve Value Assessment Methods Alexandria, VA – March 17, 2020 – The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a research-based non-profit improving the science and practice of value assessment, recently hosted a first-of-its-kind multi-stakeholder summit to examine current gaps and emerging approaches in value assessment. The program […]

IVI Open-Source Value Project on Display at ISPOR Europe

IVI economists showcased the results of multiple research streams supporting open-source value modeling initiative at the leading European conference for health economics and outcomes research. Presentation topics included: Development of open-source software for conducting value assessments; Implementation of a new approach for using public feedback to guide ongoing, iterative improvement of open-source value models; and […]

Jennifer Bright Explains How IVI Economic Models Improve Process of Value Assessment

At the National Health Council’s event, Back to School: Patient Community Training on Value Assessment, IVI executive director Jennifer Bright explains the non-profit organization’s mission to make value assessment more relevant to real decision making, how and why patient perspectives must be built into the front end of economic modeling, and how patients and patient […]

IVI Moderated ISPOR Panel: The Controversial QALY

IVI Executive Director, Jennifer Bright, moderated a fascinating panel discussion on the quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) and whether there is room for a middle ground in the discussion about its merits and shortcomings. Lou Garrison, PhD, Assistant Director of the Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program at the University of Washington; Eleanor M. Perfetto, PhD, MS, […]

IVI to Hold Two Public Webinars on New Open-Source Model for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

IVI will host two upcoming webinars focused on its new disease-specific, open-source value model to assess EGFR+ non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) therapy sequences. These webinars are free and open to the public. We hope you will join us to learn more about IVI’s Open-Source Value Project (OSVP) and the new IVI-NSCLC model. Detailed information and […]

IVI Leadership Invited to Speak at the 2018 BIO International Convention

The 2018 BIO International Convention will be held in Boston, MA from June 4th through June 7th. IVI’s Jennifer Bright (Acting Executive Director) and Mark Linthicum (Director of Scientific Communications) are among the speakers invited to the 2018 BIO International Convention, where they will be discussing value assessment frameworks and patient value. The description of […]