How has the future investment program stimulated research and innovation in health?

Therapie. 2022 Jan-Feb;77(1):19-24. doi: 10.1016/j.therap.2022.01.009. Epub 2022 Jan 18.

Abstract

Ten years after the launch of the Future Investment Program (Programme d'Investissement d'Avenir, PIA) and the implementation of these tools, one of Giens' roundtable workshop wanted to further explore the impact of PIA on health research and innovation with the aim of preparing action reports (bibliometrics, valuation, reputation) based on 2019 findings and the history of PIA deployment in relation to the healthcare sector; to analyze the development of the industrial sector vis-a-vis the PIA actions and to examine how the specific actions and the healthcare sector in general were able to duly articulate themselves, or, take form, given existing structures or organizations and contribute to site policies through Idex/Isite. Five success keys have been identified, which should serve as a strategic compass for future action plans to develop health innovation: Full trust governance between the project manager and the institution, driven by project objectives; An increased role of universities in the steering of PIA objects, joining together in a federation, in a site policy with the Hospital University Centres and Public Scientific and Technological Establishments; A simplification of public/private partnership schemes, in the nature of the Assessment and Action Plans, and in the responsiveness of the institutions; help with the development of local ecosystems, the fostering and support of young researchers; early cross-fertilization between the academic and industrial worlds.

Keywords: Calls for Assistance and Action plans; Cohort; General Secretariat for Investment; Programme for the Investment in the Future; University Hospital Institute; University Hospital Research.

MeSH terms

  • Ecosystem*
  • Humans
  • Research Personnel
  • Universities*