Potential impact on cost-effectiveness estimates of using immature survival data: a case study based on transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) used for patients with severe mitral regurgitation at high surgical risk.

Objective: To review the survival modelling used in cost-effectiveness studies evaluating an interventional procedure and to discuss implications for decision-makers.

Design: A case study of three economic evaluations that each used immature data from the EVEREST II High Surgical Risk (HSR) Study of transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) for patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MR) who were at high risk of surgery.

Setting: Estimation of patient survival in cost-effectiveness studies.

Knowledge of Antibiotics Use among Lebanese Adults: A study on the influence of sociodemographic characteristics.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the association between sociodemographic characteristics and antibiotic knowledge in the Lebanese population.

Methods: A questionnaire-based survey was conducted in community pharmacies across all Lebanese governorates. Data were collected by well-trained pharmacists through face-to-face interviews from January until March 2017.

Ocrelizumab not recommended in France for patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis while recommended in England: a review comparing the assessment by HAS and NICE.

Introduction: Ocrelizumab is the first approved drug for primary progressive multiple sclerosis. Following appraisal by health technology assessment (HTA) bodies, this medicine has not been widely covered across European countries. We have compared the HTA process in England and France.

Current Trends in Hospital Pharmacy Practice in Lebanon.

For decades, the role of hospital pharmacists has been instrumental in elevating pharmacy practice worldwide. Recently, the Hospital Pharmacy Section of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP), and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) updated their statements about the future role and responsibilities of the pharmacy executive in hospitals and health systems. A series of surveys were conducted around the globe to better understand the current state of hospital pharmacy practice.

Management of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer in Lebanese hospitals and associated direct cost: a multicentre cohort study.

Background: For metastatic colorectal cancer a series of novel therapies has emerged during the last decade but their use in routine clinical practice and their costs are not well documented.

Aims: This study evaluated the clinical effectiveness of metastatic colorectal cancer patients in Lebanese oncologic units and estimated the costs.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted on metastatic colorectal cancer patients during 2008-2013.