The European Medicines Agency is looking at ways to strengthen the use of real-world data (RWD) in medicines development by promoting data discoverability through the identification of metadata.
EMA Works On Defining Metadata From RWD Sources
As part of its big data initiative, the European Medicines Agency is supporting projects that will help identify appropriate real-world data sources for regulatory decision making.

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