EU Big Data Report Takeaways Ready ‘In Weeks’

EU regulators have been working on a project to help determine the potential role of big data in medicines assessment for almost two years. They will soon be ready to release their keenly awaited conclusions.

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Industry will soon get to see the key results of the project on the future role of big data in drug evaluation that senior EU regulators have been working on for the best part of two years.

The executive summary of the much-anticipated report from the joint EU Heads of Medicines Agencies/EMA Big Data Task Force will...

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