Can Our Future Afford Today’s Model of Innovation?

Dr. Hans-Georg Eichler, Senior Medical Officer of the EMA, EU, will co-chair Theme 2, Innovation of Health Care Product Development – What Are the Key Success Factors?, at our DIA EuroMeeting 2017 in Glasgow, Scotland. “Over time, we have realized that regulators also have a role in supporting innovation,” he explains. “They’re not just gatekeepers – they’re also enablers.” In this exclusive podcast, Dr. Eichler overviews the impact of the Clinical Trial Regulation on therapeutic innovation, how patients and payers might contribute to such innovation, and the opportunities and challenges ahead, in Europe. “The barriers, as usual, are our own conservativism and difficulty in letting go of all of our usual ways,” he suggests. Register for DIA EuroMeeting 2017 in Glasgow!