Innovative Medicines Fund (IMF)

The Innovative Medicines Fund is a proposed £340 million fund, which will extend the existing Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF). ABPI welcome the potential for the IMF to support faster and earlier patient access to medicines, including those that need further data to be collected to address uncertainty in their evidence base.  

However, we strongly believe there is an opportunity for the IMF to be more ambitious than presently proposed. If taken forward in the right way, the IMF can help provide sustainable earlier access to new medicines, whilst enabling the UK to become a leader in adopting novel reimbursement and payment mechanisms that benefit patients and the NHS.   

You can read our response to the consultation.