Day 1 — April 1st

13.30-14.00      COMED Project: introduction and state of the art (UB)

14.00-15.00      WP1- Real-world evidence for economic evaluation of medical devices (EUR/UB)

Task 1: sources of RWE in Europe

Task 2: Learning curve estimation

15.00-16.00      WP2 - Use of surrogate outcomes for medical devices: advanced methodological issues (UEMS)

Task 1: Mapping of current international practice for use of surrogate outcomes

16.15-17.15      WP4 & 5 – Medical practice variation in medical devices: scientific model and applications (HCHE)

17.15-18.00      WP3: Developing methods to assess Patient Reported Outcomes of mHealth

Day 2 — April 2nd

09.00-11.00      WP6 Early dialogue and early assessment of medical devices (UBERN)

Task 1&2: Knowledge, perceptions and expectations of stakeholders on the early assessment of medical devices

Task 3: Identification of case studies

Collaboration with EunetHTA, MedTech and EC

11.15-12.15      WP7 Coverage with evidence development for medical devices (UB/EUR)           
Task 1: Report on practices worldwide and a taxonomy of schemes in the EU and associated member states

12.15-12.45      WP8 Transferability of medical device HTA/EE across EU Member States (SRI)          

12.45-13.30      COMED Intermediate report: EC expectations

COMED dissemination: 2019 conferences & events 

Wrap up and next steps