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IHI: Europe’s Research And Innovation Project Is A Watchtower For Medtechs

A New Era In Cross-Industry Funded Health Care R&I Projects Is Getting Underway In Europe

 
• By Ashley Yeo

April will see the first call for proposals under the Innovative Health Initiative, a patient-centric, demand-led project that is about to come to life for technology innovators after 30 months of negotiations and preparations by European health care industry associations and the European Commission.

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Europe’s ground-breaking Innovative Health Initiative (IHI), a new Horizon Europe public-private partnership, is finally on the cusp of being fully operational. The joint EU and European life science industry associations initiative is aimed at finding innovative solutions to unmet health care needs.

The launch schedule suffered a few months’ slippage after the EU’s adoption of its general regulation on partnerships was delayed...

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