Health technology assessment of paediatric medicines: European landscape, challenges and opportunities inside the conect4children project.

"COMPETING INTERESTS All the authors are members of the c4c HTA expert group inside the conect4children (c4c) project. Elena Pizzo is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North Thames London. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. Fabrice Ruiz is salaried by the contract research organisation ClinSearch, which develops and conducts evaluations for pharmaceutical and device companies. In particular, ClinSearch has worked for the company Orphelia Pharma, whose evaluation by the HAS is cited as an example. ClinSearch did not, however, participate in the development of the product concerned."

"Funding information Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, Grant/Award Number: 777554; Innovative Medicines Initiative, Grant/Award Number: 777389"