Conference 'Can We Afford the Current Model of Innovation: Towards New Models of Innovation'

The conference addressed the current lack of public health-driven medical innovation and global access to essential medicines. The objective of the meeting was the practical design and implementation of EU policy and budget decisions to support new models of biomedical innovation that ensure both health-driven medical innovation and affordable access to life-saving products.

The event was organised by Thijs Berman MEP, Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats, Eva Joly MEP, The Greens/EFA, Carl Schlyter MEP, The Greens /EFA and on behalf of the European Parliament Working Group on Innovation, Access to Medicines and Poverty-Related Diseases and the following NGOs: Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, Health Action International Europe, Knowledge Ecology International, Oxfam International and IQ Sensato.