The French Ministry of Health, in their role as implementers of France’s national policies for medical care, public health and more, wanted to determine the challenges with their current process for health technology assessments (HTA). Their plan was to develop alternative solutions for reimbursement and pricing of medicines by leveraging economic evaluations. They commissioned the “Rapport Polton”1 (Polton Report) from Dominique Polton, advisor to the director-general of the French National....