May 15, 2024
Delegation from Taiwan visits IQWiG
At the end of April 2024, Mao-Ting Sheen, the Health Director of the Taipei (Taiwan) Representative Office in the EU, visited the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG). He wanted to learn more about IQWiG's tasks and how they are implemented.
IQWiG's involvement in the network of HTA agencies enables us to monitor developments and methods in the field of HTA at an early stage and to keep up to date with international developments.
Mao-Ting Sheen's visit was a good example of this give and take, from which all sides benefit.
Taiwan is planning to expand health technology assessment (HTA) in its health care system - and would like to benefit from IQWiG's experience. Mao-Ting Sheen was particularly interested in IQWiG's methods. Researchers from the Institute therefore explained to the delegation from Taiwan their approach to the assessment of drugs and non-drug interventions and the quality assurance of reports. It was agreed to continue the exchange.
As a member of the International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA), IQWiG benefits from the knowledge and experience of other countries - and in turn contributes to the further development of HTA agencies at the international level and to strengthening their role in the respective health care systems.
"IQWiG is one of the best-established HTA agencies in the world," says IQWiG's Alric Rüther, who currently chairs INAHTA. "Through our involvement in this network, we can support developments and methods in the field of HTA at an early stage and at the same time keep up to date with international developments. The visit was a good example of this give and take, from which all sides benefit".