A guarantee for doctors and scientists and also for patients. The confirmation of Giorgi Palù’s appointment as President of the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) was greeted with satisfaction by Francesco Cognetti, president of the Federation of Oncologists, Cardiologists and Hematologists (FOCE). “Palù, throughout his long career, has always shown great propensity for clinical research, to which he has dedicated himself, achieving undoubted scientific results of which his curriculum is rich,” underlined Cognetti.
Not only congratulations but also an appeal and a proposal for collaboration. “FOCE offers its collaboration and loyal and passionate support to the new AIFA President to achieve the objectives he has been pursuing for some time – states Cognetti -. In particular, in our country, the authorization procedures for the release of new drugs must be accelerated and streamlined and the times for accessing innovative therapies must be reduced. It is also necessary to relaunch clinical research, with a rapid adaptation of all the clinical structures in our country to the European legislation on clinical trials”.