Hawksworth Claire, Salih Fatima, Cresswell Katharine, Steukers Lennert, Diaz Carlos, Killin Lewis, Pradier Laurent, Bradshaw Angela, Dawoud Dalia
Department of Science, Evidence and Analytics, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Department of Science, Evidence and Analytics, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, London, United Kingdom.
Front Neurol. 2023 Mar 16;14:1140722. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1140722. eCollection 2023.
The European Commission's Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) has funded many projects focusing on neurodegenerative disorders (ND) that aimed to improve the diagnosis, prevention, treatment and understanding of NDs. To facilitate collaboration across this project portfolio, the IMI funded the "NEURONET" project between March 2019 and August 2022 with the aim of connecting these projects and promoting synergies, enhancing the visibility of their findings, understanding the impact of the IMI funding and identifying research gaps that warrant more/new funding. The IMI ND portfolio currently includes 20 projects consisting of 270 partner organizations across 25 countries. The NEURONET project conducted an impact analysis to assess the scientific and socio-economic impact of the IMI ND portfolio. This was to better understand the perceived areas of impact from those directly involved in the projects. The impact analysis was conducted in two stages: an initial stage developed the scope of the project, defined the impact indicators and measures to be used. A second stage designed and administered the survey amongst partners from European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) organizations and other partners (hereafter, referred to as "non-EFPIA" organizations). Responses were analyzed according to areas of impact: organizational, economic, capacity building, collaborations and networking, individual, scientific, policy, patient, societal and public health impact. Involvement in the IMI ND projects led to organizational impact, and increased networking, collaboration and partnerships. The key perceived disadvantage to project participation was the administrative burden. These results were true for both EFPIA and non-EFPIA respondents. The impact for individual, policy, patients and public health was less clear with people reporting both high and low impact. Overall, there was broad alignment between EFPIA and non-EFPIA participants' responses apart from for awareness of project assets, as part of scientific impact, which appeared to be slightly higher among non-EFPIA respondents. These results identified clear areas of impact and those that require improvement. Areas to focus on include promoting asset awareness, establishing the impact of the IMI ND projects on research and development, ensuring meaningful patient involvement in these public-private partnership projects and reducing the administrative burden associated with participation in them.
欧盟委员会的创新药物倡议(IMI)资助了许多专注于神经退行性疾病(ND)的项目,旨在改善神经退行性疾病的诊断、预防、治疗以及对其的理解。为促进该项目组合中的合作,IMI在2019年3月至2022年8月期间资助了“NEURONET”项目,目的是连接这些项目并促进协同效应,提高其研究结果的知名度,了解IMI资金的影响,并确定需要更多/新资金的研究差距。IMI的神经退行性疾病项目组合目前包括20个项目,由来自25个国家的270个合作伙伴组织组成。NEURONET项目进行了一项影响分析,以评估IMI神经退行性疾病项目组合的科学和社会经济影响。这是为了更好地了解直接参与项目的人员所认为的影响领域。影响分析分两个阶段进行:第一阶段确定项目范围,定义要使用的影响指标和措施。第二阶段在欧洲制药工业协会联合会(EFPIA)组织的合作伙伴和其他合作伙伴(以下简称“非EFPIA”组织)中设计并开展了调查。根据影响领域对回复进行了分析:组织、经济、能力建设、合作与网络、个人、科学、政策、患者、社会和公共卫生影响。参与IMI神经退行性疾病项目带来了组织影响,并增加了网络、合作和伙伴关系。项目参与的主要不利因素是行政负担。这些结果对EFPIA和非EFPIA的受访者都适用。对个人、政策、患者和公共卫生的影响不太明确,人们报告的影响有高有低。总体而言,除了对作为科学影响一部分的项目资产的认知外,EFPIA和非EFPIA参与者的回复基本一致,非EFPIA受访者的认知似乎略高。这些结果确定了明确的影响领域和需要改进的领域。需要关注的领域包括提高资产认知度、确定IMI神经退行性疾病项目对研发的影响、确保患者切实参与这些公私合作项目以及减轻参与项目相关的行政负担。