Second IMI Call Published27-11-09 Today, IMI officially launched its Second Call for proposals. The public-private partnership between the European Commission (EC) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) is inviting research consortia to submit proposals for 9 scientific topics. Call 2009 topics published14-09-09 The IMI JU announces, following approval by the Governing Board, the topics for the IMI JU's Second Call for Proposals The IMI JU Draft Scientific Priorities 2009 published08-05-09 Please note that the Draft Scientific Priorities set forth hereunder should not, in any case, be regarded as the topics for the 2nd Call of the IMI JU. Scientific Committee and States Representatives Group: names of members published15-04-09 The updated lists of the IMI Scientific Committee and the IMI States Representatives Group members have been published IMI JU on track following first Call for Proposals19-02-09 The best consortia, consisting of research organisations, SMEs, academia and regulatory bodies, were selected in the first peer review to form joint project teams with the respective EFPIA consortia Report of Independent Observers: evaluation of IMI Call Stage 101-11-08 A report written by the Independent Observers evaluating the IMI Call 2008 Stage 1 has been published. IMI continues into the next phase17-07-08 Numerous Expressions of Interest of Applicant Consortia make the first stage of the IMI Joint Undertaking's Call for proposals a success IMI Executive Director vacancy notice published20-06-08 The vacancy notice for the Executive Director of the IMI Joint Undertaking has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The second IMI Governing Board29-04-08 The second IMI Governing Board approved the first IMI call. First IMI Governing Board Meeting03-03-08
The IMI Governing Board, the decision-making body of the IMI Joint Undertaking (IMI JU), met on March 3 to kick-off the work of the Innovative Medicines Initiative in its attempt to overcome bottlenecks in European pharmaceutical R&D and support biomedical research for the benefit of patients. Publication of the Regulation in the Official Journal04-02-08 The Council Regulation setting up the Innovative Medicines Joint Undertaking was published in the Official Journal Approval of the Innovative Medicines Initiative20-12-07 The Council of the European Union today formally approved the Regulation setting up the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) European Parliament approves report on IMI11-12-07 The Members of the European Parliament show support for the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) "General Approach" adopted by Competitiveness Council on four JTI proposals, including IMI23-11-07 The Council reached a "general approach" (substantial elements of the legal acts) on four proposals aimed at establishing joint technology initiatives (JTIs). Positive Opinion of the Competitiveness Council on IMI28-09-07 The Competitiveness Council reached on September 28 a common understanding on main elements related to four proposals aimed at establishing Joint Technology Initiatives The Council of the European Union heard a presentation on IMI JTI23-05-07 The Council heard a presentation by the Commission on proposals for setting up the first two joint technology initiatives (JTIs) for European research on embedded computer systems (“ARTEMIS”) and innovative medicines (“IMI”) (9685/07 and 9686/07). EFPIA welcomes Commission’s commitment to the Innovative Medicines Initiative15-05-07 The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) welcomes the commitment made today by the European Commission, to establish the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) in partnership with the European biopharmaceutical industry. InterService Consultation launched30-03-07 On March 30th, DG Research launched the official InterService Consultation (ISC) for IMI within the European Commission. Roadmap for Joint Technology Initiatives13-11-06 At the Competitiveness Council meeting on 30 May 2006, the Commissioner announced that a Roadmap would be presented in autumn 2006, outlining the Commission's intentions for the Joint Technology Initiatives. The Roadmap documents is now released. |