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II Innovative Medicines Initiative Information Day

Spain organizes an information day on the new Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines.

11 March 2008 - 11 March 2008
Spain
The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) was formally adopted by the Council of the EU in December 2007. With a budget of € 2 billion, IMI will fund pan-European public-private partnerships in pharmaceutical research to overcome identified research bottlenecks in the drug development process and accelerate the development of safe and more effective medicines for patients. The first call for proposals will be
launched in early 2008.

With the aim to disseminate information and foster Spanish participation in IMI, the Institute of Health Carlos III, the Ministry of Education & Science, the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology and the Spanish Technology Platform Medicamentos Innovadores, organize this meeting aimed to academia, researchers of the National Health System, regulators and companies.

The event will begin with welcomming words of Francisco Marcellán, Secretary General of S&T Policy of the Ministry of Education & Science, Maurici Lucena, Director General of the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology, Ministry of Industry, Tourism & Commerce, Humberto Arnés, Director General of Farmaindustria and Flora de Pablo, Director General of the Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Health.

Registration is free and must be made at www.medicamentos-innovadores.org. Medicamentos Innovadores has received grants from the Ministries of Education and Science and Industry.

You can downolad the agenda of the event in the web of the European Office of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science: www.oemec.es.
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