This is the only official website of the Innovative Medicines Initiative

The Innovative Medicines Initiative is a unique Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between the pharmaceutical industry represented by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) and the European Union represented by the European Commission.

Job opportunities at IMI !
The Innovative Medicines Initiative is recruiting additional staff. Check out the vacancies here.

IMI Stakeholder Forum: presentations online!
The first IMI Stakeholder Forum in Brussels Expo (14 - 15 June 2010) brought together 270 high level industry representatives, regulators, policy makers, patient representatives and leading scientists. The presentations of the sessions and workshops are available here.

New info now online:
- Indicative topics for the 3rd Call (2010) for proposals
- Detailed fact sheets for all ongoing projects resulting from IMI's 1st Call for proposals, including list of participants, funding details, summary and contact info.
- List of experts of the evaluations of Stages 1 & 2 of the First Call for proposals.

2nd Call for proposals
Stage 2 of the Call process is ongoing. The applicant consortia that were first-ranked after the evaluation process in Stage 1, have been invited to submit a Full Project Proposal, together with the corresponding EFPIA participants. The documents and information necessary for Stage 2 (including a new practical guideline for preparing the submission) are available here.

EFPIA Board Statement to IMI Stakeholders
The EFPIA Board has endorsed a statement, emphasising its global support to IMI and its commitment to IMI projects.

IMI's overall goal is to make Europe again the world leader in pharmaceutical research for the benefit of the economy and society, by removing research bottlenecks in the current drug development process. more...

The endeavour for addressing these research bottlenecks is the IMI Joint Technology Initiative (IMI JTI), to be implemented by the IMI Joint Undertaking, more...

In the governance of the IMI Joint Undertaking several bodies are involved, with the IMI Governing Board playing a central role. more...

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14.06.2010 more...

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Graphic elementNew recruitments launched
26.05.2010 more...


Graphic elementNew pharma leaders in IMI Board
18.05.2010 more...


Graphic elementProcurement: Call for tenders for IT services
08.05.2010 more...


Graphic elementScientific Priorities 2010 are available
16.03.2010 more...


Graphic elementEFPIA Board emphasises commitment to IMI
12.03.2010 more...


Graphic elementVideo message from Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn on her first day in office
10.02.2010 more...


Graphic elementWebinar on Imaging Biomarkers in Oncology
12.01.2010 more...


Graphic elementPublication of the 2nd Call for proposals.
27.11.2009 more...


Graphic elementOpen Information Day on IMI's 2nd Call for proposals.
17.11.2009 more...


Graphic elementOfficial approval of IMI JU's autonomy.
16.11.2009


Graphic elementStates Representatives Group (SRG) meeting in Brussels.
16.11.2009 more...