Nordic Call on Personalized Medicine (NordicPermed)

Personalized medicine (PM) is an interdisciplinary field that will be high on the health research and innovation agenda for years to come.

Realizing the & nbsp; PM & nbsp; vision will require changes in research and innovation policy and practice, regulatory and legal frameworks, payment mechanisms, health economics considerations and business models. The implementation of & nbsp; PM & nbsp; will therefore require that a variety of stakeholders such as researchers, public and private health services, industry, regulatory authorities, patients and policy makers must work together to address key challenges.

The Icelandic Center for Research (RANNÍS), Innovaatiorahoituskeskus Business Finland, Innovation Fund Denmark, the Research Council of Norway and the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA), in collaboration with NordForsk, are launching a call for proposals with the aim of funding Nordic projects that contribute to implementation of & nbsp; PM & nbsp; in health care. The call builds on strengths and synergies in the Nordic countries. The total funding budget is & nbsp; EUR & nbsp; 15 million.

The overall goals of NordicPermed & nbsp; vein:

To promote implementation of new personalized medicine approaches for more effective and sustainable health care for the benefit of patients, citizens and & nbsp; society;

To improve the Nordic position in personalized medicine by creating a platform for research, innovation and business that will build on Nordic & nbsp; strengths;

To increase collaboration between companies, research-performing organizations and public organizations (hospitals and relevant agencies) and civil & nbsp; society;

To promote Responsible Research and Innovation perspectives in personalized medicine within a Nordic context including diversity, inclusion, openness and & nbsp; transparency;

To contribute to the action plan of the & nbsp; EU & nbsp; initiative International Consortium for Personalized Medicine ( http://www.icpermed.eu/en/activities-action-plan.php ).

The scope of the call focuses on three challenges related to implementation of & nbsp; PM:

Data: Knowledge and value generation, based on use of cross-Nordic omics and health care data, for & nbsp; PM & nbsp; purposes, leading to new & nbsp; PMhypotheses to eg be tested in the clinic, and for supporting development of best data practices (access, quality and harmonization) across the Nordic & nbsp; countries.

Clinical / regulatory: Development and implementation of solutions to overcome clinical and regulatory challenges related to & nbsp; PM.

Health economics: Research and development of health economics models that are useful in a & nbsp; PM & nbsp; setting.