D OES H ORIZON 2020 ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH RESEARCH ? ‘H IGH - LEVEL MEETING TO BRAINSTORM WITH KEY DRIVERS IN EU HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY ’ E UROPEAN P ARLIAMENT · 24 J ANUARY 2012 O RGANIZED BY M ARIA DA G RAÇA C ARVALHO MEP I Prof Karin Sipido, Vice-President, Alliance for Biomedical Research in Europe

Horizon 2020 concept  Health research is part of the 3 priorities  excellent science  industrial leadership  societal challenges  Boosting the innovation chain addresses the need for better health research and care

need for long term commitment.. but innovation chain is long in health research

4 Health ● Understanding the determinants of health (including environmental and climate related factors), improving health promotion and disease prevention; ● Developing effective screening programmes and improving the assessment of disease susceptibility ● Improving surveillance and preparedness ● Understanding disease ● Developing better preventive vaccines ● Improving diagnosis ● Using in-silico medicine for improving disease management and prediction ● Treating disease Priorities 1/2: The EC proposes an ambitious program but budget drops from 12 to 10% of total budget..

yet EU health research funding is not competitive

Fragmentation of efforts in funding Research in valve & tissue engineeringDG R&D  ICT approaches to support surgeryDG INFSO  Regulation of new valve technologyDG SANCO  Clinical survey - registries???

Key stakeholders need direct input and participation

.. need for a European Health Research Council..  a consolidated and interconnected research funding platform  for a coordinated response to the health challenges ahead  providing expert advice to drive policy-making The Biomed Alliance has set up a Working Group

Biomed Alliance Working Group tasks  enlisting participation of key scientists and policy advisors - done  set up the roadmap for a Health Council  organize a broad stakeholder consultation  present a proposal for a EuHRC

WWW. BIOMEDEUROPE. ORG ‘H IGH - LEVEL MEETING TO BRAINSTORM WITH KEY DRIVERS IN EU HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY ’ E UROPEAN P ARLIAMENT · 24 J ANUARY 2012 O RGANIZED BY M ARIA DA G RAÇA C ARVALHO MEP I Prof Karin Sipido, Vice-President, Alliance for Biomedical Research in Europe