EU Panel Outlines Practical Way Forward With Big Data

10 Priority Actions Possible Within Current Framework

An ambitious action plan drawn by an EU task force, if implemented on a priority basis by the European Commission, could increase the EU’s capacity to advise on, assess and analyze big data.

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An EU task force looking at how best to use big data to support innovation and public health has issued 10 priority recommendations that can be implemented within the current legal framework. The most ambitious of these is a proposal bring together various real-world databases within the EU under a single, secure network.

The proposed Data Analysis and Real-World Interrogation Network, or DARWIN, would provide the EU medicines network with the ability to reproduce RWD analysis across multiple data sources, which would help...

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