Joint Clinical Assessment

JCA and Orphan Drugs: 5 Steps to Success

Get Ready for Your 100-Day Sprint

With only 100 days between confirmation of the Population, Intervention, Comparator(s) and Outcomes (PICOs) and dossier submission, companies getting prepared early will be in the best position for EU Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA).

RTI Health Solutions can help you with advance preparation and developing and refining your JCA dossier. As with our comprehensive support in preparation for global HTA, we can work to anticipate likely and appropriate PICOs, prepare the highest quality evidence in advance, and nimbly adjust to the final scope and label changes.

Our experts are actively working with companies on their JCA planning and dossier preparation. Let us help you ensure readiness for your rare disease therapies in 2028.

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How we can help you

Strategy and Planning

  • Early PICO simulation & PICO strategy
  • Early external stakeholder mapping
  • Value proposition planning
  • Integrated evidence planning
  • Internal stakeholder workshops & training
  • Portfolio JCA impact assessment
  • Organizational readiness
  • JSC submissions

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Evidence Preparation

  • PICO validation and prioritization (AI assisted)
  • JCA statistical analysis plan development
  • JCA dossiers
  • Clinical systematic literature reviews (including 3-month window updates)
  • Indirect treatment comparisons 
  • External comparator studies
  • External stakeholder engagement

Ongoing Support

  • Clarification questions
  • Factual accuracy checks
  • Objection handling for non-submitted PICOs
  • Post-submission support
  • Support for individual country HTAs

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