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Mirrorgroup Animal Health. Dutch experiences. Trigger, initiative and chair. Initiative: CVO European trigger: request Executive Board of ETPGAH to deliver input for Action Plan under construction
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Mirrorgroup Animal Health Dutch experiences
Trigger, initiative and chair • Initiative: CVO • European trigger: request Executive Board of ETPGAH to deliver input for Action Plan under construction • National triggers: - need to strengthen Vet. Research infrastructure- improvement co-operation pharma industry, public research and administration (incl. Registration Authority)- innovation in vaccine development (AI) • Lead: pharma industry (Intervet)
Targets For Europe • Recommendations for Action Plan ETPGAH- gaps and priorities from (shared) Dutch point of view- defining issues of major importance for NLResult: position paper National • Improvement of understanding and co-operation between and among industry, research, administration
Stakeholders • Pharma Industry (Intervet, Pfizer, Fort Dodge, FIDIN) • Research Institutes (Fac. Vet. Med., CIDC, ASG, Animal Health Service) • Administration (CVO, Reg. Authority, 2 Departments of LNV) • Royal Vet. Society • Food and Product Safety Authority
Setting • Temporary Group (max. 3 meetings) • Informal end-afternoon meetings including buffet • Time and opportunity for non-plenary interactions
Topics addressed in 1st meeting • Terms of reference Mirror Group and modus operandi ETPGAHConclusion: recommendations ETPGAH are in general very relevant for the Netherlands. • Clarification of positions and interactions of ETPGAH, SCAR-CWGAH, FP-7 agenda and ERA-net Animal diseases • Registration procedures and thresholds for pharma industry
Main conclusions 1st meeting National level • Research chain (fundamental to farm) interacts poorly with industry • Co-operation with industry is hampered by competition between companies • Co-operation with human health research should be improved European level • Strong support for European Centre for Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases • Co-operation with human health policy and research should be improved
2nd (final) meeting Agenda: discussion of priorities in draft Action Plan Major comments and recommendations: • More and sharper choices needed in research programming • Need for stronger interaction and co-operation between domains of animal and human health • Need for European Centre for Epidemiology and Infectious diseases is urgent; concern about continuity of budget if physical instead of virtual; task areas defined • Special attention required for activities contributing to a consistent European approach of regulatory issues
Plan to continue (from 2008 on) Terms of reference: • Input in (inter)national research agendas from a shared opinion or mutual understanding of Dutch stakeholders; • Improvement of understanding and co-operation among stakeholders on the national level • Improvement of co-operation between human and animal health institutions Modus operandi: informal platform with participation of human health institutions working in the field of zoonoses (both food-borne and non food-borne)
Direction of national research funding Under construction because of recent National Policy Agenda Animal Health. Longlist of topics: • Vaccine development for AI, AHS and RVF • BT-vaccination • Optimisation of vaccination strategies • Emerging zoonoses (also in companion animals) • Biology of vectors • Prevention and monitoring in non commercial animals • Differentiation of animal health policy • Elaboration of the OIE compartment concept • Improvement of early warning systems and tools • The concept of general disease resistance
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