A Foreword from the Editor  

作　　者：Jean-Marie Boeynaems 

机构地区：[1]Université Libre de Bruxelles Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medicines Development Sciences

出　　处：《Journal of Medicines Development Sciences》2018年第1期I0004-I0005,共2页药物发展科学期刊

摘　　要：Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Journal of Medicines Development Sciences.This new open access journal will publish articles on the entire process of discovery and development of new medicinal products,with a particular emphasis on translational research.This inaugural issue is devoted to “Open Innovation”,a booming concept that is starting to deeply change the context of medicines development.“Open Innovation” was the title of a book published in 2003 by Henry Chesbrough[1].It is defined by this author as “a paradigm that assumes that firms can and should use external ideas as well as internal ideas” and also as “innovating with partners by sharing risk and sharing rewards”.Obviously this concept may be applied in every industrial sector and is not specific to the biopharmaceutical industry.Good examples of this very wide scope are provided by the brewing company AB InBev,asking people to provide new ideas on their Open Innovation portal[2],or the “Open Innovation Contest” launched by BMW to help design cars of the future[3].

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