Staying ahead of the curve: NICE’s approach to HTA of novel fields of biotech innovation

Nick Crabb

Nick Crabb had a 20-year career in analytical science, process technology and general management in the chemical, pharmaceutical and contract laboratory industries prior to joining NICE in 2010 as the associate director responsible for establishing and managing the Diagnostics Assessment Programme. In 2014 Nick was appointed to his current role where he oversees NICE Scientific Advice, the Science Policy and Research programme and NICE’s input to the European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA). Nick has broad scientific and policy interests relating to the evaluation of technologies and interventions to support the development of clinical, public health and social care guidance. His experience includes consideration of HTA issues arising from the availability of novel new products such as cell and gene therapies and work on methods issues relating to the evaluation of antimicrobials. Nick was also the co-chair of the evaluation and commissioning subgroup of the UK regenerative medicine expert group and led NICE’s contribution to a project on the assessment and appraisal of regenerative medicines that reported in 2016.

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