Carlos Moedas, Commissioner on Research, Science and Innovation of the European Commission tweeted: "Using #RWD to fill the knowledge gap: clinical trials & clinical practice & providing insights into disease patterns for effectiveness of health interventions is now reality thanks to our #EUfunded projects!".
Real-world data (RWD) is health-related data derived from a diverse human population in real life settings. RWD can be medical health records, registries, biobanks, administrative data, health surveys, observational studies, health insurance data, data generated from mobile applications etc..
The European Commission, through its Framework Programme Horizon 2020 and via the Innovative Medicines Initiative, invests to enable the use of RWD in health and care systems for the benefit of the patients. Notably, the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 (IMI2) Programme Big Data for Better Outcomes aims, among other things, at maximising the potential of large-scale, harmonised RWD from variable, quickly-developing digital and nondigital sources, and establishing a health outcomes data ecosystem in Europe (e.g., IMI topic European Health Data Network).
Read the full Real World Data factsheet issued in April 2018 by the European Commission
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Public-private partnership for Big Data in Hematology
HARMONY and HARMONY PLUS are funded through the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), Europe's largest public-private initiative aiming to speed up the development of better and safer medicines for patients. Funding is received from the IMI 2 Joint Undertaking and is listed under grant agreement for HARMONY No. 116026 and grant agreement for HARMONY PLUS No. 945406. This Joint Undertaking receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA).
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