Glossary Term

HST

Highly Specialised Technology (HST) is a NICE evaluation programme for medicines treating rare and severe conditions, applying modified cost-effectiveness criteria to reflect high unmet clinical need.

Illustration representing HST
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Related terms
NICE CDF EOLC
Further reading
NICE: Highly Specialised Technologies Browse the HEOR resource database

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