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The Institute for Innovation & Valuation in Health Care, InnoValHC, is an independent not-for-profit research organization. It was established by scientists with medical, health economic, and econometric backgrounds, as well as hands-on management experience, to analyze the economic dimension of health and health care, including research into the normative foundations and the methods of health economics, applied cost of illness and cost benefit studies, and their use in Health Technology Assessment (HTA).

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German Cancer Congress (DKK) 2026

Michael Schlander was invited to contribute to the Highlight Session ´Socioeconomic Consequences of Cancer in Germany: The Perspective of Patients and their Relatives´ at the DKK in Berlin / Germany (Feb. 21, 2026).

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Financing Health Care: Structural Challenges in Germany

Forthcoming article by Michael Schlander on structural challenges in health care financing and necessary reforms in the German health care system.

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Heidelberg Health Economics Summer School 2025

The Heidelberg Health Economics Summer School took place in the picturesque setting of the Italian Dolomites (Basic Program / Bruneck-Brunico, Sept. 11-13, 2025).

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Pharma Pricing & Access Innovation Conference 2025

Michael Schlander spoke about ´Early Strategic Decision Making in Drug Development: The Role of Health Economics for Market Access´ at the PPIC in Basel / Switzerland (June 3-5, 2025).

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Textbook Release in 2023

Michael Schlander, Ramon Schäfer, Lorenz Selberg:

Nutzen der Labormedizin
in der Schweiz

Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer 2023
ISBN 978-3-662-66824-5 (Softcover)
ISBN 978-3-662-66825-2 (eBook)

OPEN ACCESS

While experts believe that 70 % of all clinical decisions depend on laboratory test information, the cost effectiveness of many diagnostic procedures is subject to controversial debate.
With this Open Access Book, we provide insight into the value of laboratory medicine from the perspectives of patients, public health, and society at large, using the Swiss health care system as a case study.