5th Call for Proposals of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)

IMI is about to launch its 5th Call for Proposals which includes one indicative topic: European lead factory – Joint European compound library and screening centrewith the objectives:

• Provide access to comprehensive, high-quality Joint EU Compound Collection
• Generate “Qualified Hits” for subsequent refinement in drug development process or serving as tool compounds in target research
• Establish novel platform to foster public-private collaboration
• Generate broad knowledge base (Qualified Hits x 240 projects) to directly exploit results or deduce future library design strategies
• Project realization within time and budget frame requires operational efficiency
• Information management to balance Intellectual Property (IP) generation with knowledge generation: Disclosure of structural information to project owner (and ultimatively public) limited to Qualified Hit List

Provisional timetable:

• March 2012: Call launch
• 5 March 2012: Webinar
• 16 May 2012: Stage 1 Submission deadline
• 29 June 2012: Decision on Expression of Interest ranking
• 13 September 2012: Stage 2 Submission deadline
• 1 October 2012: Decision on FPPs
• End December 2012: Sign of GA

Further information on the 5th Call on:

www.imi.europa.eu/content/5th-call-2012