THE USE OF MULTI-CRITERIAL DECISION ANALYSIS (MCDA) FOR ESTIMATING THE THERAPEUTIC VALUE OF INNOVATIVE DRUGS

Among the most important aspects of the health policy are the methods for pricing of medicines, especially of innovative medicines. In many countries, the “therapeutic value” of a medicine is commonly used as a major criterion in negotiations on medicine prices. The existing tools for assessing the therapeutic value of medicines are not used in the Russian Federation. Here we propose a method for estimating the therapeutic value of innovative medicines based on the multi-criterial analysis