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Non-Compliant Pharma Firms Face European Health Data Space Exclusion And Fines

 
• By Eliza Slawther

Companies that fail to provide patient health data for secondary use when requested under the new European Health Data Space could be fined and also prevented from making access requests from other entities, a European Commission representative says.

Pharma companies that do not comply with new EU data sharing rules could be excluded from the framework (Shutterstock)
Key Takeaways
  • If companies fail to provide anonymized patient health data under the European Health Data Space regulation, they could be fined and banned from making such requests themselves.
  • The new rules will not impact other data sharing obligations and frameworks in the EU, such as those related to pharmacovigilance.
  • Clinical trial data will only need to be shared when trials are completed, in line with the EU Clinical Trials Regulation rules.

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Under the EHDS, the sharing of health data for “secondary” purposes, such as scientific research or for health policy development, will be enabled

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