EU Research Programmes. IMI: 1. U-BIOPRED asthma 2. PROactive COPD

Symposium
Chairs: T. Higenbottam (Parma, Italy), L. Nicod (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Aims: 1. U-BIOPRED: (a) to create a step-change in understanding severe asthma by integrating clinical and biomarker profiles into phenotype handprints, (b) to overcome bottlenecks in identifying therapeutic targets, by an innovative systems biology strategy.
2. PROactive: Presentation of the PROactive consortium which will receive IMI-funding in 2009-2014. Dissemination of the project content, timelines and anticipated results.

Innovative Medecine Initiatives P. Cupers (Bruxelles, Belgium)
U-BIOPRED: Towards phenotype handprints of severe asthma P. J. Sterk (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
PROactive COPD, towards a patient reported outcome capturing physical activity in COPD T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium), C. Brindicci (Parma, Italy)