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Introducing the Innovative Health Initiative: Europe’s new partnership for health

What is the Innovative Health Initiative? Who are the partners? And how can I get involved? All your questions answered in the online IHI launch event.

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About this event

In the first session, IHI Executive Director Dr Pierre Meulien presented IHI and explained why we are launching a new European partnership for health. He also described what's new compared to the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), and what will stay the same. IHI staff then presented opportunities for stakeholders to get involved in IHI, for example by applying to become a member of the IHI Science and Innovation Panel (SIP), or by becoming an expert evaluator. They also offered a preview of the draft topics under consideration for inclusion in the first IHI call for proposals.

The second session featured a high-level discussion during which representatives of the IHI partners, namely the European Commission, the European Parliament, COCIR, EFPIA , Vaccines Europe, EuropaBio and MedTech Europe, presented their vision for IHI.

Both sessions included time for questions from participants.

 

Click here for the recording and presentation .

 

Agenda and presentation

                                         

Outline of the event and presentations
10:30 - 10:35
Welcome and introduction
 
Jennifer Baker, Moderator
10:35 - 10:50
What's changing, what's staying the same, and why
 
Pierre Meulien, Executive Director, IHI
 
10:50 - 11:30
Opportunities to get involved with IHI
 
Hugh Laverty, Head of Scientific Operations, IHI
11:30 - 11:50
Question time
 
11:50 - 12:00
Break
 
 
12:00 - 12:35
Partners outline their vision for IHI
 

Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

Bernt Bieber, COCIR President & SVP Direct Sales Siemens Healthineers

Serge Bernasconi, Chief Executive Officer, MedTech Europe

Claire Skentelbery, Director General, EuropaBio

Sibilia Quilici, Executive Director, Vaccines Europe

Nathalie Moll, Director General, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)

Maria da Graça Carvalho, MEP, European Parliament

12:35 - 12:55
Question time
 
 
12:55 - 13:00
Closing Remarks
 
Maria da Graça Carvalho, MEP, European Parliament

         

Meet the speakers
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Pierre Meulien

Executive Director

Innovative Health Initiative

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Hugh Laverty

Head of Scientific Operations

Innovative Health Initiative

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Jean-Eric Paquet
 

Director-General, DG Research and Innovation

European Commission

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Claire Skentelbery
 

Director General

EuropaBio

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Sibilia Quilici
 

Executive Director

Vaccines Europe

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Nathalie Moll
 

Director General

European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations

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Maria da Graça Carvalho
 

MEP

European Parliament

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Jennifer Baker
 

Moderator

Journalist and Moderator

Meet the speakers

 

 
 
 

Executive Director, IHI

Hugh Laverty

Head of Scientific Operations, IHI

   

Jean- Eric Paquet

Director-General, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

Bernt Bieber

COCIR President & SVP Direct Sales Siemens Healthineers

Serge Bernasconi

Chief Executive Officer, MedTech Europe

Claire Skentelbery

Director General, EuropaBio

 

Sibilia Quilici

Executive Director, Vaccines Europe

Nathalie Moll

Director General, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations

Maria da Graça Carvalho

Member of European Parliament

 
Moderated by:

 

       Jennifer Baker

 Journalist and Moderator