| Abbreviation | Full Form |
| CADTH | Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CENTRAL | Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials |
| CHMP | Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use |
| EBM | Evidence-Based Medicine |
| EU-HTA | European Health Technology Assessment |
| EUnetHTA | European Network for Health Technology Assessment |
| GRADE | Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation |
| HAS | Haute Autorité de Santé |
| HTDs | Health Technology Developers |
| IQWIG | Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care |
| ITCs | Indirect Treatment Comparisons |
| JCA | Joint Clinical Assessment |
| JSC | Joint Scientific Consultations |
| NICE | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence |
| PBAC | Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee |
| PICO | Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RoB 1 | Risk of Bias version 1 tool |
| RoB 2 | Risk of Bias version 2 tool |
| SLRs | Systematic Literature Reviews |
| WHO | World Health Organization |