{"id":1751,"date":"2012-06-19T15:36:53","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T13:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zofijamazejkukovic.net\/eng\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2012-11-08T15:16:46","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T14:16:46","slug":"medical-innovation-an-asset-for-economic-and-social-growth-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zofijamazejkukovic.net\/ang\/medical-innovation-an-asset-for-economic-and-social-growth-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical innovation: an asset for economic and social growth in Europe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(version fran\u00e7aise ci-dessous)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brussels, 19 June 2012<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">EU Life Science Industrial Policy: an added value for the EU?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Without a healthy population there is no health in economy and also the economic growth can not be achieved. Healthy population is a precondition for any growth. To this end, it is necessary to strengthen cooperation between Member States, between academia and industry and among end users &#8211; patients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The EU strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth is based on boosting innovation in healthcare. This is reflected in the Digital Agenda and the Innovation Union. Innovative solutions are expected to improve the quality, efficiency and financial sustainability of healthcare systems. The sustainability of healthcare systems is one of the biggest problems of EU Member States. Innovative approaches should be established. An interdisciplinary, team-based approach to comprehensive patient care is a challenge that still has many grey spots. We can overcome the obstacles together through better cooperation between member states and trough new, innovative approaches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Innovative approaches regarding products, medical devices and communication technologies are not sufficient by themselves. We need to integrate innovation in all segments. In these challenging times, the times of crisis and an aging Europe, we are presented with many opportunities and challenges for the creation of new products and services supporting health and new jobs. Increased life expectancy brings new opportunities for the transfer of knowledge and wisdom to younger generations. The combination of wisdom and fresh ideas of the younger generation can contribute to the development of industry that supports health. We need to build new bridge between generations instead collapsing it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Increased life expectancy certainly brings certain new challenges for healthcare. From an industry viewpoint, in connection to science and population&#8217;s health, in my opinion we are nowadays facing 4 major challenges;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1. Firstly we should put more focus and attention at intense development of telemedicine, associated indicators and measuring equipment, which is both patient-friendly and suitable for home usage.<\/strong> Especially for management of chronic diseases, we can ease the burden on the healthcare system by reducing costs on the one hand and increase accessibility for patients on the other. Of course, the availability of doctors and medical staff will still be needed, but with less demanding logistics, since mobile diagnostics will ensure time savings. It is therefore urgent that science and industry devote more time educating doctors and EU citizens about the potential opportunities and solutions brought by telemedicine. Equally, we should not overlook the importance of innovation in the field of medical devices for people with special needs, which help to ease everyday tasks and ensure a better quality of life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2. The next challenge that I would like to discuss is the support of healthcare systems by e-Health technologies.<\/strong> Today we are not discussing the technology itself, but its integration and implementation. For implementation, the most important solutions are simple, effective and user-friendly. Here too, the industry is often far removed from users&#8217; needs. A comprehensive approach is needed, not just a technocratic one. By doing so, e-Health will enable comprehensive treatment and manage business processes in health systems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. the third challenge, which is in my eyes especially important when it comes to innovation, is the development of health care equipment for diagnosis and treatment.<\/strong> In many Member States, the problem today is that high-tech diagnostics and treatment, or surgical procedures, are not developing at the same rate. Many countries are facing the problem of shortage of doctors and equipment. Long waiting periods are affecting patients, their families and are also causing economic damage. It is therefore a major challenge for science and industry to intensify the development of healthcare equipment for treatment and rehabilitation, including home-usage one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4. the last challenge, which is important from my perspective, is the fight against chronic diseases.<\/strong> Today we are witnessing the increase of chronic diseases. The pharmaceutical industry is faced by illnesses such as cancers, age-related diseases such as dementia, antimicrobial resistance problems, rare diseases, communicable diseases and non communicable diseases. It is important to increase investment in research and development, also from European funds such as HORIZON 2020 and HEALTH FOR GROWTH fund. We should all strive to achieve a common goal ? which is to ensure the accessibility of innovative medicines. For that reason I believe we have to intensify the use of European funds. Many health budgets are coping with economic crisis&#8217; consequences; therefore ensuring access to high priced medicines, such as biological medicines, should be crucial. Certainly, the development of medicines with minimal side effects is a challenge which must not be ignored. This can only be realized if science is closely linked to pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Health itself, is only one and indivisible. On a personal level, we usually become aware of it, once we lose it. Science, in connection with the healthcare industry is proactive; though perhaps sometimes too much in advertising its products. Only a healthy lifestyle among EU citizens, the innovative development of equipment, medicines and treatment methods by science and technology, can and will assure growth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Only all together can make it work &#8211; good health, healthy growth, healthy budget and healthy jobs. Health should be seen and felt as a precondition for any form of growth &#8211; economic and social.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Haute technologie pour la sant\u00e9 et la croissance<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sans une population en bonne sant\u00e9 il n&#8217;y a pas d&#8217;\u00e9conomie saine ni de croissance possible. Une population en bonne sant\u010d\u00e9 est une condition pr\u00e9alable ? toute croissance. A cette fin, il est indispensable de renforcer la coop\u00e9ration entre les Etats membres, entre l&#8217;acad\u00e9mie de m\u00e9decine et l&#8217;industrie et avec les usagers finaux, les patients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La strat\u00e9gie de l&#8217;Union europ\u00e9enne pour une croissance raisonn\u00e9e, soutenable et inclusive se base sur l&#8217;incitation ? l&#8217;innovation dans les soins de sant\u00e9. C&#8217;est cela que l&#8217;on retrouve dans l&#8217;Agenda num\u00e9rique et l&#8217;Union de l&#8217;Innovation. Les solutions innovantes sont cens\u00e9es am\u00e9liorer la qualit\u00e9, l&#8217;efficacit\u00e9 et la durabilit\u00e9 financi?re des syst?mes de soins de sant\u00e9. La durabilit\u00e9 des syst?mes de sant\u00e9 est l&#8217;un des probl?mes principaux des Etats membres de l&#8217;Union europ\u00e9enne.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">De telles approches concernant les produits, les appareils m\u00e9dicaux et les technologies de communication ne sont pas suffisantes en soi. Nous devons int\u00e9grer l&#8217;innovation dans tous les domaines. Par les temps difficiles que nous vivons avec la crise actuelle et une population vieillissante, nous sommes confront\u00e9s ? de nombreuses opportunit\u00e9s mais aussi ? de nouveaux d\u00e9fis dans la cr\u00e9ation de nouveaux produits et services qui permettent l&#8217;am\u00e9lioration de la sant\u00e9 et l&#8217;\u00e9mergence de nouveaux emplois.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Par ailleurs, un allongement de l&#8217;esp\u00e9rance de vie permet plus ais\u00e9ment un transfert des connaissances et de la sagesse aux jeunes g\u00e9n\u00e9rations. C&#8217;est en associant sagesse et id\u00e9es fra\u00eeches de la jeune g\u00e9n\u00e9ration que nous contribuerons ? d\u00e9velopper l&#8217;industrie qui soutient la sant\u00e9. Il vaut mieux construire un pont entre les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations plut\u00f4t que de le d\u00e9truire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bien \u00e9videmment une plus longue esp\u00e9rance de vie apporte son lot de d\u00e9fis aux soins de sant\u00e9. Du point de vue de l&#8217;industrie et en rapport avec la science et la sant\u00e9 de la population, il me semble que nous faisons face actuellement ? quatre d\u00e9fis majeurs:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1. Premi?rement, nous devrions accorder plus d&#8217;importance au d\u00e9veloppement intense de la t\u00e9l\u00e9m\u00e9decine, la m\u00e9decine ? distance, les indicateurs qui y sont associ\u00e9s et les \u00e9quipements de mesure qui sont faciles d&#8217;usage et conviennent ? une utilisation domestique.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Il est certain que la disponibilit\u00e9 des m\u00e9decins et du personnel m\u00e9dical sera toujours n\u00e9cessaire mais avec moins de logistique exigeante \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 que des diagnostics ? distance permettront de gagner du temps.C&#8217;est pourquoi il est urgent que la science et l&#8217;industrie consacrent plus de temps ? instruire les m\u00e9decins et les patients de l&#8217;Union europ\u00e9enne sur les opportunit\u00e9s et les solutions offertes par la t\u00e9l\u00e9m\u00e9decine (m\u00e9decine ? distance).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2. Deuxi?mement, je voudrais parler de l&#8217;aide apport\u00e9e aux syst?mes de soins de sant\u00e9 par les technologies de sant\u00e9 en ligne.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">De nos jours nous ne parlons pas de la technologie elle-m?me mais de son int\u00e9gration et de sa mise en oeuvre. En ce qui concerne sa mise en oeuvre, les solutions les plus importantes sont simples, efficaces et faciles ? utiliser.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Malheureusement, ici aussi l&#8217;industrie est loin de remplir les besoins des usagers. Une approche globale est indispensable et ne doit pas ?tre seulement technocratique. De cette mani?re, la Sant\u00e9 en ligne permettra de fournir un traitement global et de g\u00e9rer les proc\u00e9dures commerciales dans les syst?mes de sant\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. Troisi?mement, ce qui me semble important ? propos de l&#8217;innovation c&#8217;est le d\u00e9veloppement des \u00e9quipements de soins de sant\u00e9 pour le diagnostic et le traitement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Les patients et leur famille sont affect\u00e9s par de longues p\u00e9riodes d&#8217;attente ce qui cause des dommages \u00e9conomiques \u00e9videmment. C&#8217;est donc un d\u00e9fi majeur pour la science et l&#8217;industrie d&#8217;intensifier le d\u00e9veloppement des \u00e9quipes de soins de sant\u00e9 pour le traitement et le rehabilitation y compris ceux d&#8217;usage domestique.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4. Quatri?mement, la lutte contre les maladies incontr\u00f4lable me semble primordiale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aujourd&#8217;hui, nous assistons ? l&#8217;accroissement des maladies incontr\u00f4lable. L&#8217;industrie pharmaceutique est confront\u00e9e ? des maladies telles que les cancers, les maladies li\u00e9es ? l&#8217;\u00e2ge comme les d\u00e9mences, les probl?mes de r\u00e9sistance anti microbiennes, les maladies rares, les maladies transmissibles et non-transmissibles. Il faut augmenter les investissements dans la recherche et le d\u00e9veloppement sur base de fonds europ\u00e9ens comme HORIZON 2020 ou le fond de LA SANTE POUR LA CROISSANCE.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nous devrions \u00e9galement nous efforcer d&#8217;atteindre un but commun qui est d&#8217;assurer l&#8217;accessibilit\u00e9 aux m\u00e9dicaments nouveaux. C&#8217;est pour cette raison qu&#8217;il semble n\u00e9cessaire d&#8217;intensifier l&#8217;usage des fonds europ\u00e9ens. Beaucoup de budgets destin\u00e9s ? la sant\u00e9 s&#8217;adaptent aux cons\u00e9quences de la crise; c&#8217;est pourquoi il est crucial d&#8217;assurer l&#8217;acc?s ? des m\u00e9dicaments de grande valeur comme les m\u00e9dicaments biologiques. Il est certain que le d\u00e9veloppement de m\u00e9dicaments pr\u00e9sentant moins d&#8217;effets secondaires est un d\u00e9fi que nous ne devons pas ignorer. Ceci ne peut ?tre atteint que si la science est \u00e9troitement li\u00e9e ? l&#8217;industrie pharmaceutique.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La sant\u00e9 elle-m?me est une et indivisible. A un niveau personnel, nous en prenons habituellement conscience lorsque nous la perdons. La science en relation avec l&#8217;industrie des soins de sant\u00e9 est proactive. Un peu trop parfois quand elle fait la publicit\u00e9 de ses produits. Seuls, un style de vie sain des citoyens europ\u00e9ens, le d\u00e9veloppement innovant des \u00e9quipements, les m\u00e9dicaments et les m\u00e9thodes de traitement par la science et la technologie peuvent et vont assurer la croissance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ce n&#8217;est qu&#8217;ensemble que nous atteindrons ces objectifs: une bonne sant\u00e9,une croissance saine, un budget sain et de bons emplois. 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