Comparative Effectiveness

Supporting Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Outcomes

As a representative of an industry committed to discovering new cures and ensuring patient access to them, BIO strongly supports efforts to increase the availability of accurate, scientific evidence to inform clinical decision-making. BIO believes that individual patients and their doctors should be armed with the best available information to help assess the relative clinical benefits and risks of various treatment alternatives. When appropriately applied, comparative effectiveness information is a valuable tool that, together with a variety of other types of medical evidence, can contribute to improving health care delivery. However, BIO is concerned that comparative effectiveness information may be used strictly as a means to contain costs, rather than deliver health care value by improving patient health outcomes.

BIO Comments to the Federal Coordinating Council (FCC) on Comparative Effectiveness Research (April 13, 2009)
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BIO’s Comments on the Provisional Appointments for the Institute of Medicine Committee on Comparative Effectiveness Research Priorities (April 2, 2009)
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BIO Comments to IOM Committee on Comparative Effectiveness Research Priorities (March 20, 2009)
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BIO Principles on Comparative Effectiveness
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The Complexities of Comparative Effectiveness
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BIO's comments to AHRQ regarding the Guide to Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (November 7, 2007)
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