Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI JU + IMI2 JU)

https://www.imi.europa.eu

The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) is working to improve health by speeding up the development of, and patient access to, the next generation of medicines, particularly in areas where there is an unmet medical or social need. It does this by facilitating collaboration between the key players involved in healthcare research, including universities, pharmaceutical companies, other companies active in healthcare research, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), patient organisations, and medicines regulators. This approach has proven highly successful, and IMI projects are delivering exciting results that are helping to advance the development of urgently-needed new treatments in diverse areas. IMI is a partnership between the European Union and the European pharmaceutical industry, represented by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). Through the IMI 2 programme, IMI has a budget of €3.3 billion for the period 2014-2020. Half of this comes from the EU’s research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020. The other half comes from large companies, mostly from the pharmaceutical sector; these do not receive any EU funding, but contribute to the projects ‘in kind’, for example by donating their researchers’ time or providing access to research facilities or resources. *

	Start	2018-01-01 start
	End	2021-11-30 renamed
	Group	Innovative Health Initiative (IHI JU)
	Today	Innovative Health Initiative (IHI JU)
	Successor	Innovative Health Initiative (IHI JU)
	Industry	pharmaceutical
	Industry 2	drug discovery

	Region	EU (European Union)_oo
	Country	EU (European Union)
	Street	56–60 Avenue de la Toison d’Or
	City	1060 Brussels
	Tel	+32-2-221-8181
		Address record changed: 2024-01-05

Basic data	Employees	n. a.

		* Document for »About Section«: Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI). (5/12/20). "Press Release: IMI Announces COVID Projects, Boosts Funding Pot to EUR 72 million". Brussels.

		Record changed: 2023-07-15