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December 21, 2007

IMI Shelter

by Peter Pitts

What does the European Commission know that Rosa DeLauro does not?

According to the Financial Times ...

The European Commission is poised to agree a groundbreaking €2bn ($2.9bn, £1.5bn) partnership with the pharmaceutical industry this week designed to win back Europe's place as a centre for global medical innovation.

The Innovative Medicines Initiative, financed equally by the industry and the Commission, will support research by academic and industry groups over seven years designed to speed up the predictable testing of the safety and efficacy of medicines. The move, part of the EU's "Lisbon agenda" to regain competitiveness, aims to boost collaboration between commercial companies, universities and regulators to more rapidly develop "pre-competitive" tests and accelerate the launch of innovative drugs.

Posted by peterpitts at December 21, 2007 12:07 PM

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