Eliza Slawther
Senior Writer
Eliza began reporting on health and medical science in 2018 while completing her Master’s degree in Journalism at City, University of London. During her degree program she interned at C+D and on the London Evening Standard’s health desk. In the years since, Eliza has written about everything from mid-stage drug development to market access for medicines and devices in the EU and beyond. Her work explores the trials and tribulations of securing reimbursement for medical products in Europe, and Eliza is particularly interested in the challenges of funding innovation in health care.
Eliza has lived in London since 2017 and is originally from Cheshire, in the north west of England. She has a BA in English Literature from the University of Manchester and is in the process of completing a second undergraduate degree in Biomedicine from Birkbeck College, an evening university that is part of the University of London.
Latest From Eliza Slawther
Tackling AMR: OECD Says Greater Investment Needed In Later-Stage Drug R&D
Governments should increase financial resources for novel antimicrobial drug candidates in the later stages of development and tackle shortages of existing, underused antibiotics to combat antimicrobial resistance, says a new report from the OECD.
EMA Waves Goodbye To HTA Network As Collaboration Framework Enters New Phase
A report published by the European Medicines Agency highlights milestones reached under its collaboration with EUnetHTA over recent years and outlines areas for further development once the initiative changes hands under the new HTA Regulation.
SK Bioscience Pulls EU Filing For COVID Jab As Regulators Shift Focus To XBB Vaccines
The European Medicines Agency’s CHMP was set to adopt opinions on SK Bioscience’s COVID-19 vaccine and Mycovia/Gedeon’s Vivjoa for vulvovaginal candidiasis during its September meeting, but both marketing authorization filings were voluntarily withdrawn.
Pharma Industry Urges HTA Bodies To Look Beyond Survival Data For Cancer Drugs
A new report by industry association EFPIA says that health technology assessment bodies often rely too heavily on overall survival data when assessing the value of novel cancer drugs, and should take into account other clinical and patient-reported outcome measures where appropriate.
UK Needs ‘National Strategy’ To Fix Cell And Gene Industry Skill Gaps
Health policy researchers have called on the UK government to address cell and gene therapy workforce gaps at a national level, warning that training academies run by “well-funded” pharma firms risk “undermining” and fragmenting the industry as a whole.
English Funding Nod For Lilly’s Diabetes GLP-1 Mounjaro, Roche’s Cancer MAb Columvi
Eli Lilly’s new type 2 diabetes injectable treatment Mounjaro is the latest GLP-1 to secure reimbursement in England following a positive opinion from HTA body NICE. Roche’s lymphoma drug Columvi and a new indication for UCB’s Bimzelx were also backed in recent draft guidance.