France plans national gene therapy strategy

France rethinks research plans

Three months can be a very long time when a revolution is on the roll and history is being made. On January 7, French researchers launched an internet petition under the title Sauvons la Recherche! (Let's Save Research!) asking the government to unfreeze funds, create new jobs and allow them a say in the legislation to reform science (Curr. Biol. (2004). 14, R139). By April 7, the research mini...

National Authority for Health: France.

The French National Authority for Health (Haute Autorité de Santé, or HAS) was established to assist France's public institutions in optimizing the basket of reimbursable goods and services and to help health care professionals continuously improve their clinical practice by defining best-care standards and identifying relevant tools and methods. HAS carries out single technology assessment (ST...

National plans: case study Belgium

In October 2011 the Belgian Fund for Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs, a consortium of stakeholders supported by the King Baudouin Foundation, handed over the recommendations and proposed measures for a Belgian Plan for Rare Diseases. In follow-up of the EU recommendations to issue national plans by 2013, the Minister of Public Health and Social Affairs commissioned the Fund to propose a comprehe...

France makes heatwave plans to protect elderly people.

Structuring Plans for Operations Strategy Action

The operations system strategic role are being reviewed, motivated by a growing demand for the operations system integration, flexibility and innovation. Generally, the organizations’ strategy is studied in the dimensions of its content and process. The process dimension is frequently related to the formulation process; however, it could be extended to deal with its management process – the ope...