3. A powerful and safe approach to perform research in blood cancer

The HARMONY BigData Platform is a central database with state-of-the-art Big Data analytic services, developed by the HARMONY Alliance in 2017. The Big Data Platform contains anonymous data donated by HARMONY Partners and Associated Members. This data is collected securely following all legal and ethical requirements, harmonized and then analyzed. Here emerge various data sets from different data providers – pharma, biobanks, hospitals, interventional, and non-interventional trials.

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The HARMONY BigData Platform is about thinking big, cooperation, and transparency. Having the data, our researchers and data scientists can focus on finding answers to four questions:

• How can we diagnose patients faster and with greater precision?
• What are the best practices that could help doctors in making better treatment decisions?
• How can we tackle the unmet needs of patients?
• What is the best way to make progress in new drug development?

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The HARMONY anonymization concept. 

• We have developed a robust de-facto anonymization concept for data safety, reliability, security, and anonymity to ensure maximum protection for data donors. Read more >

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For the first time in the history of humankind, we can tackle these issues using advanced data analysis methods based on Artificial Intelligence and machine learning. 

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The HARMONY Big Data Platform: It's only the beginning of how data science can help to speed up research for the good of the patients.

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Read the #Bigdataforbloodcancer Blog: Bringing together data, collaboration and trust for advances in medicine >

by HARMONY Partner: Michel van Speybroeck, Director of Data Sciences at JPNV-JANSSEN

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What makes the HARMONY Big Data Platform unique? Open the infographic >

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Click on the HARMONY Big Data Platform infographic to view the full scope > 

 

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