What you need to know
Commentaries are critical reviews of ADARs, for applications on the standard pathway or expedited pathway. Commentaries must:
- evaluate the approach taken, the evidence and the results
- review the clinical, economic, financial and usage information.
After receiving your ADAR, our secretariat will contract a health technology assessment (HTA) group to develop a commentary. They normally take about 10 weeks to complete.
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Integrated codependent applications will have one commentary for both our committee and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) to consider. Our secretariat will contract the same HTA group to evaluate both the medicine and health service components of the ADAR.
For applications on the direct pathway, the critical review of your ADAR will be through an overview paper.
What you need to do
You do not need to do anything in this step.
Next steps
In the next step, you will respond to the commentary in your pre-ESC response.
Contact
Contact your application manager or our secretariat if you have any questions.
