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IMI 8th Call

Angela Wittelsberger, PhD Scientific Project Manager

IMI Open Info Day, Bucharest 10 December 2012

Open collaboration in public-private consortia (data

sharing, wide dissemination of results)

“Non-competitive” collaborative research for EFPIA companies

Competitive calls to select partners of

EFPIA companies (IMI beneficiaries)

Key Concepts

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Innovative Medicines Initiative:Joining Forces in the Healthcare Sector

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Private Investment

in kind(€ 1 billion)

EU Public Funding

cash(€ 1 billion)

EFPIA

ACADEMIA

HOSPITALS

PATIENTS’ ORGANISATIONS

SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED

ENTERPRISES

REGULATORS

Pharma 1

Pharma 2

Pharma 3

Pharma 4

Pharma 5

Pharma 6

A Typical IMI Consortium

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Topics IMI Call 8

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Topics IMI Call 8

Topic Indicative budget EFPIA / IMI JU (in million €)

ND4BB Topic 3: Discovery and development of new drugs combatting Gram-negative infections

26.0 / 58.9

ND4BB Topic 1C (Innovative trial design & clinical drug development)

25.4 / 26.4

Developing an aetiology based taxonomy of human disease

18.0 / 18.0

European induced pluripotent stem cell bank

up to 30.0 / up to 40.0

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Timelines IMI Call 8

• Launch of Call 8: December 2012

• Submission of EoIs in SOFIA: from shortly after launch until end of February 2013

• Stage 1 evaluation completed: April 2013

• Stage 2 evaluation completed: July 2013

• Indicative start of projects: October 2013

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NewDrugsForBadBugs (ND4BB) in IMI Call 8

1) ND4BB Topic 3: Discovery and development of new drugs combatting Gram-negative infections

2) ND4BB Subtopic 1C: Innovative trial design & clinical drug development

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The ND4BB programme

ND4BB cross-topic collaboration and dissemination(Topic 1 WP1, Topic 2 WP8, Topic 3 WP1, Topic n WPn)

Topic 1: Clinical development Steering Committee

Project level decision making body

Subtopic 1A:Work Packages: 1-4

Subtopic 1B:Work Packages 5A, 5B*, 5C, 5D*, 5E-F

Subtopic 1C:Work Packages 6A, 6B*, 6C*, 6D

ND4BB Information Centre

Topic 2: New drugs into bad bugs

Steering CommitteeProject level decision making body

Work Packages: 1-8

Topic 3: Development of new

drugs combatting Gram-negative infections

Subtopic 3A:Work Packages: 1-3, 5A, 6*, 7*, 8

Subtopic 3B:Work Packages: 4**, 5B

Topic n:

Work packages

1-n

Subject to milestone approval and potentially Call for additional beneficiaries

Potentially subject to Call for additional beneficiaries if needed to provide additional Hit-to-Lead efforts

Topics launched under Call 6

Topics to be launched under Call 8Future topics to be launched

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ND4BB Topic 3: Discovery and development of new drugs combatting Gram-negative infections

• Focuses on Gram-negative infections only

• Invites public and private partners with Hits and Leads with a novel mechanism of action

• Invites experts and professionals in medicinal chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry, pharmacokinetics

• Aims to combine expertise and knowledge to create a “European Drug Discovery Centre of Excellence for antibiotic resistance”.

• Goal is the delivery of novel Leads and Development Candidates

• Successful Development Candidates can move forward up through Phase 1 clinical trial

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ND4BB Topic 3: Invitation summary

• Invites public and private partners with Hits and Leads: Novel targets Known targets, novel MoA Mechanism of Action Known targets, known MoAEach can be valuable and each has positives and negatives

• Invites experts and professionals in drug discovery medicinal chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry,

pharmacokinetics, etc. Academics, institutions, SMEs

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ND4BB Topic 3: Discovery and development of new drugs combatting Gram-negative infections

European Drug Discovery Centre of Excellence for

antibiotic resistance

Hit-to-Lead programs novel mechanism of actionfrom public and private partners

medicinal chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry, pharmacokinetics, etc. from academia, SME and EFPIA

Qualified Leads

Qualified Candidates

Phase-1 ready

Phase 1 clinical trial

GSK/Sanofi collaboration

ND4BB Topic 3: Discovery and development of new drugs combatting Gram-negative infections

European Drug Discovery Centre of Excellence for

antibiotic resistance

Hit-to-Lead programs novel mechanism of actionfrom public and private partners

medicinal chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry, pharmacokinetics, etc. from academia, SME and EFPIA

Qualified Leads

Qualified Candidates

Phase-1 ready

Phase 1 clinical trial

GSK/Sanofi collaboration

Portfolio Management

Committee (50:50 EFPIA:Public)

ND4BB Topic 3: Discovery and development of new drugs combatting Gram-negative infections

European Drug Discovery Centre of Excellence for

antibiotic resistance

Hit-to-Lead programs novel mechanism of actionfrom public and private partners

medicinal chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry, pharmacokinetics, etc. from academia, SME and EFPIA

Qualified Leads (3)

Qualified Candidates (2)

Phase-1 ready (1-2)

Phase 1 clinical trial (1-2)

GSK/Sanofi collaboration

Portfolio Management

Committee (50:50 EFPIA:Public)

max. 4 hit-to-lead

programs running in

parallel, max. 8 total

ND4BB Topic 3: Objectives

1. Provide a unique platform for collaboration and exchange between private and public partners.

2. Establish a vibrant drug discovery hub across Europe with the resource, skills and expertise to generate a pipeline of “Leads” and “Development Candidates” originating from public or private partners.

3. Discover three novel-mechanism antibacterial Leads.

4. Identify two novel-mechanism Clinical Candidate molecules for the treatment of systemic Gram-negative infections.

5. Progress at least one novel-mechanism Clinical Candidate into preclinical and Phase 1 clinical studies.

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ND4BB Topic 3: Work packages & Suptopics

WP1: ND4BB Project Management, Collaboration and DisseminationWP2: Portfolio Management CommitteeWP3: Establishment of the ND4BB Drug Discovery PlatformWP4: Delivery of novel “Leads” from public partnersWP5: Delivery of Clinical Candidates

PART A: GSK/Sanofi CollaborationPART B: Public partners

WP6: Delivery of Phase 1-Ready Antibacterials WP7: Clinical Phase 1WP8 : Partnering Outreach

Subtopic 3A

Subtopic 3B

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EFPIA PARTICIPANTS:

GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Sanofi, AstraZeneca, Basilea

INDICATIVE DURATION OF THE PROJECT:

6 years

INDICATIVE BUDGET

EFPIA in-kind contribution: €26.0MIMI JU contribution: €58.9M

ND4BB Topic 3: Discovery and development of new drugs combatting Gram-negative infections

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NewDrugsForBadBugs (ND4BB) in IMI Call 8

ND4BB Subtopic 1C (Innovative trial design & clinical drug development)

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ND4BB Subtopic 1C

WP6: Conduct of clinical trials supporting the development of MEDI4893, a monoclonal antibody targeting S. Aureus alpha toxin.WP6A: Epidemiologic Surveillance of Healthcare-associated infections among surgical and intensive care unit patientsWP6B: Phase 1b/2a study with MEDI4893 for Staph. aureus ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) WP6C: Phase 1b/2a study with MEDI4893 for prevention of surgical site infections by Staph. aureusWP6D: Project management, dissemination and collaboration

WP7: Conduct of clinical trials supporting the development of AZ9773.

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ND4BB Subtopic 1C: Invitation summary

• Invites participants with capability for conducting active-surveillance, observational and clinical studies in ICU and surgical patient populations

• Expertise with data handling and standardization• Expertise in clinical project management• Expertise in statistics and PK/PD modeling approaches• Expertise in bacterial, especially S. aureus virulence factors• Proposals for novel diagnostics/biomarkers to be utilized in clinical

trial designs.

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ND4BB Subtopic 1C

EFPIA PARTICIPANTS:

GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Janssen R&D, Sanofi

INDICATIVE DURATION OF THE PROJECT:

Six years

INDICATIVE BUDGET

EFPIA in-kind contribution: €25.4MIMI JU contribution: €26.4M

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Other topics in IMI Call 8

Developing an aetiology based taxonomy of human disease

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Disease Taxonomy – major objectives

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Developing an aetiology-based taxonomy of human disease

Topic A:Systemic Lupus

Erythematosus (SLE) & related connective tissue disorders & Rheumatoid

Arthritis (RA)

Topic B:Neurodegenerative

disorders with a focus on Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary

Disorders (COPD)

Topic postponed

Taxonomy platform

Coordinated by UCB

EFPIA in-kind commitment: €18 millionIMI JU budget: up to €18 million

New Calls for next disease areas

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• Expertise in disease classification, taxonomy, molecular aetiologies• Expertise in omics technologies, study of genetic mutations and

polymorphisms, gene expression data, protein modifications and expression patterns, protein interactions, informatics & modeling

• Expertise in clinical research, preclinical research, imaging, epidemiology

• Expertise in data basing, curation, harmonisation, standardisation and sharing (incl. legal and ethical aspects)

Disease Taxonomy – invitation summary

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Developing an aetiology-based taxonomy of human disease

EFPIA PARTICIPANTS:

UCB, Lundbeck, MerckSerono, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Bayer

INDICATIVE DURATION OF THE PROJECT:

Five years

INDICATIVE BUDGET

EFPIA in-kind contribution: €18M (add details)IMI JU contribution: €18M

Topic A (SLE + RA)

Topic B (neurodegenerative disorders)

EFPIA in-kind contribution €10M €8M

IMI JU contribution €10M €8M

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Other topics in IMI Call 8

European induced pluripotent stem cell bank

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Scientific• Generation of a full complement of geno-

& phenotypic data for key patient cohorts

• Research and implementation of current standard practices for the generation and differentiation of iPS cells

• Development of automatable processes for iPS cell culture and banking

• Application of best practise in cryopreservation & biobanking to develop a ‘commercial standard’ state of the art iPS facility

• Provision of quality protocols and training in iPS cell growth & development

Operational• Set-up of a sustainable, not-for-profit,

specialist production, storage and distribution centre for iPS cells across Europe hosted in appropriate facility

• Provide patient derived iPS cells to a defined quality and within a defined time from placing an order

• Supply an iPS differentiation service during the latter half of the call

• Provide searchable anonymized geno-, phenotypic & clinical data associated with each iPSC line

European induced pluripotent stem cell bank

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• Applicants that have identified a broad and useful cohort of patient derived iPS cell lines

• Expertise in tissue/somatic cell collection and the generation and differentiation of iPS cells

• Expertise in cell culture, cryopreservation and quantitative analysis in cell biology

• Expertise related to data, security, standards (incl. ethical and confidentiality policies)

• Appropriate infrastructure and laboratory space to support the bank

European induced pluripotent stem cell bank – invitation summary

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European induced pluripotent stem cell bank

EFPIA PARTICIPANTS:

Pfizer, Sanofi, NovoNordisk, Servier, Lundbeck, AstraZeneca, Novartis, Lilly, UCB

INDICATIVE DURATION OF THE PROJECT:

Six years

INDICATIVE BUDGET

EFPIA in-kind contribution: up to €30MIMI JU contribution: up to €40M

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IMI Call 8 – upcoming webinars

• European induced pluripotent stem cell bank – Thursday 6 December, 13:00 CET

• Developing an aetiology-based taxonomy of human disease – Wednesday 12 December, 10:30 CET

• ND4BB Subtopic 1C – Tuesday 11 December, 15:00 CET

• ND4BB Topic 3: Discovery and development of new drugs combating Gram – negative infections – Monday 17 December, 15:00 CET 

• Webinar on IMI’s rules and procedures on Thursday 13 December at 14:30 CET

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IMI – future topics

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Future topics

• Development of drug-drug combinations

• Leveraging emerging technology for pharmacovigilance

• Further topics derived from the Scientific Priorities 2013

http://www.imi.europa.eu/content/future-topics

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THANK YOU !THANK YOU !

www.imi.europa.eu

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