Promoting innovation at National level

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Rasi, Guido

Affiliations: Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA), Rome, Italy. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: In the past, drug discovery developed in an environment where resources in healthcare where believed to be adequate, and all patients affected by a given disease where considered similar, therefore in need of a similar treatment. However, these concepts are no longer valid, and the present reality shows that current circumstances are characterised by limited financial resources in the presence of always growing expectations. In addition, current research trend is progressing toward the identification of novel molecular targets and a personalised medicine approach.

Keywords: Innovation, R&D expenditure, risk-sharing, Italian Medicines Agency

DOI: 10.3233/PPL-2010-0283

Journal: Pharmaceuticals, Policy and Law, vol. 12, no. 1-2, pp. 125-127, 2010