Inserm’s lack of focus ‘no longer tenable’

Court of Auditors urges government to curtail French healthcare research agency’s overlapping mission with CNRS

The French national healthcare research agency Inserm needs “radical change” in its systems of management and finance, France’s Court of Auditors has said.

The court, which conducts audits of nearly all public institutions in France, made the remark in its report on the agency, published on 23 January. The report evaluates Inserm’s operation and performance between 2015 and 2021.