Evaluation of Medical Devices 2025 Example Programme
This is an example programme and is subject to change
Day 1 - Tuesday 7th October 2025
Timings |
Activity |
08:30 – 09:00 |
Registration and Coffee |
09:00 – 09:30 |
Lecture 1 – Setting the Scene |
09:30 – 10:15 |
Lecture 2 – Evidence Generation Processes for MDs |
10:15 – 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
10:45 – 11:30 |
Lecture 3 – Evaluation Methods throughout the MDs Evaluation Pathway |
11:30 – 12:00 |
Practical exercise 1 – Evidence Generation Strategy to Support Licensing and Reimbursement of Innovative MDs |
12:00 – 13:00 |
Lunch - restaurant |
13:00 – 14:30 |
Practical exercise 1 – Evidence Generation Strategy to Support Licensing and Reimbursement of Innovative MDs (cont.) |
14:30 – 15:10 15:10 – 15:30 |
Lecture 5a – Outcome Measures Lecture 5b – Linking outcome measures to product claims (MC slides to include definition of decision problem and NICE template) |
15:30 – 15:45 |
Coffee Break |
15:45 – 16:30 |
Lecture 6 – Estimating Cost for MDs – Methods and Challenges |
16:30 – 18:00 |
Welcome Drinks |
Day 2 - Wednesday 8th October 2025
Timing |
Activity |
09:00 – 10:00 |
Lecture 7 – Early Modelling and Trial Based Economic Evaluation |
10:00 – 10:15 |
Coffee Break |
10:15 – 12:00 |
Practical exercise 2 – Defining the Decision Problem for Evaluation (PICO) |
12:00 – 12:30 |
Lecture 8 – National and local HTA Approaches to Medical Device Evaluation |
12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch - restaurant |
13:30 – 14:15 |
Lecture 4 – Pre-market regulation of medical devices |
14:15 – 15:30 |
Practical exercise 3 – Designing an Early Modelling Study to Support MD Development |
15:30 – 15:45 |
Coffee Break |
15:45 – 17:00 |
Question Time Discussion Panel – MDs Journey from Concept to Market: Generating the right evidence for licensing and adoption |
17:15 – 20:30 |
Course Dinner |
Day 3 - Thursday 9th October 2025
Timing |
Activity |
09:00 – 09:45 |
Lecture 9 – Structuring the Decision Problem for Evaluation - Model Based Economic Evaluation |
09:45 – 10:45 |
Practical exercise 4 – Designing a Model Based Economic Evaluation of a MD |
10:45 – 11:15 |
Coffee Break |
11:15 – 12:00 |
Lecture 10 – Characterising Uncertainty in MD Evaluation |
12:00 – 13:00 |
Lunch |
13:00 – 13:30 |
Lecture 11 – Market Access and Procurement? |
13:30 – 15:30 |
Practical exercise 5 – Populating a MD Model Based Economic Evaluation |
14:45 – 15:30 |
Coffee Break (during practical 5) |
15:30 – 16:30 |
Lecture 12 – NICE’s Experience Evaluating Medical Devices |
16:30 |
Closing remarks |