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The Innovative Medicines Initiative: A European Response to the Innovation Challenge
Author(s) -
Goldman M
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1038/clpt.2011.321
Subject(s) - general partnership , european commission , business , scale (ratio) , public relations , public administration , political science , european union , finance , economic policy , physics , quantum mechanics
The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) was launched in 2008 as a large‐scale public–private partnership between the European Commission and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). With a total budget of €2 billion, the IMI aims to boost the development of new medicines across Europe by implementing new collaborative endeavors between large pharmaceutical companies and other key actors in the health‐care ecosystem, i.e., academic institutions, small and medium enterprises, patients, and regulatory authorities. Projects conducted by IMI consortia have already delivered meaningful results, providing proof‐of‐concept evidence for the efficiency of this new model of collaboration. In this article we review recent achievements of the IMI consortia and discuss the growing interest in the IMI as a best‐practice model to reinvigorate drug development. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2012); 91 3, 418–425. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2011.321