The European Health Data Space enters into force this month, promising benefits for research, clinical trials and AI model training
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The European Health Data Space (EHDS) will finally enter into force on March 26, but there is a lot of hard work ahead before researchers and companies are able to reap the full benefits of improved data access.
EU states will have four years to put the necessary infrastructure, governance and processes in place before provisions on data sharing take effect. How that time is used will be vital to the success of the initiative, which is the first of several sector-specific EU data spaces.
“It’s the biggest opportunity Europe has ever had to live up to the principles of open science,” said Jean-Marc Bourez, chief executive of EIT Health, which last year published a report on implementing the EHDS. “It’s an opportunity we can’t…
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