The European Technology Platform in Nanomedicine recently recently released the new “Nanomedicine Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda“. This document describes the state of the research in the field in Europe and provides usefull hints to understand how nanomedicine could impact on healthcare in the next 15 years.

According to the ETPN website the Key recommendations of the SRIA update are:

1. Focus on unmet medical needs where only Nanomedicine can make the difference by providing currently lacking diagnostic and therapeutic options
2. Facilitate the matching of nanotechnology features with other Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) for new smart and connected products and devices,
3. Optimize the implementation of medical innovations into the healthcare systems by balancing benefits for patients with cost constrains and industrial return on investment
4. Improve competitiveness of European healthcare economy at the global market

The full document can be downloaded here