EU Parliament OKs New Rules On Use Of Patient Data In Research

The European Health Data Space is expected to give researchers, industry and public bodies access to large amounts of high-quality health data for the development of new treatments and vaccines. The European Parliament has also approved new rules on Substances of Human Origin.

Electronic medical record with patient data and health care information in tablet. — Patients' medical records can be of great value in drug research • Source: Shutterstock

The European Parliament had a busy week as it rushed to sign off as many dossiers as possible before it is dissolved ahead of the parliamentary elections in June.

Among the draft laws adopted at the assembly’s final plenary session on 22-25 April was the regulation on the European...