DEVELOP INNOVATION

• Increased long-term funding for research on brain diseases from federal, state and private funders
• Increased cooperation between Swedish researchers and interdisciplinary research groups
• Neuropharmacology and neuroscience technology established as academic areas

CREATE SUSTAINABLE FUNDING

• Increased long-term financing of all parts of the innovation process
• Increased collaboration between researchers and industry
• Increased openness to neurotechnological innovation in health care

ESTABLISH A NATIONAL NETWORK

• Support the formation of a national innovation network for diseases of the aging brain
• Support for annual network meetings, training initiatives and awareness campaigns
• Support for the formation of a national innovation program for diseases of the aging brain

OPTIMIZE innovation process

• Encourage entrepreneurship -“from idea to implementation”
• Promote the development of biomarkers
• Promote the development of clinical infrastructure and clinical trials
• Evaluate health economic aspects

INCREASE COMPETENCE

• Support for local training in entrepreneurship and drug discovery
• Increase exchange between local educational initiatives
• Increase mobility between industry, academia and healthcare
• Raise the status of innovation activities in impact evaluation and appointment of academic services
• Special support for healthcare professionals participating in clinical trials