The European Innovative Medicines Initiative

Abstract

The Innovative Medicines Initiative is a unique and novel long term european public-private partnership designed by the European Commission and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). The initiative was promoted to accelerate the discovery and development of better medicines by removing bottlenecks in the drug development process. It focuses on creating better methods and tools that improve and enhance the drug development process, rather than on developing specific, new medicines.