Join us for this 90 minutes webinar with presentations by Jérémie Doornaert (Simmons & Simmons) and pharma.be, including some time for questions.

Short summary

The European Health Data Space (EHDS) represents a transformative initiative aimed at empowering individuals with greater control over their personal electronic health data while fostering a harmonised framework for the primary and secondary use of health data across the EU. The presentation by Jérémie Doornaert (Simmons & Simmons) will provide an overview of the EHDS, its objectives, and its key components. Additionally, it will explore the future perspectives of the EHDS, highlighting its potential to enhance healthcare delivery, support innovation, and address challenges in data sharing and secondary use for research . The timeline for implementation and the anticipated impact on the healthcare industry will also be discussed.

The EHDS will not be fully in force and implemented before a few more years. How can the industry make sure that, while waiting for the EHDS implementation, it remains fully compliant with the GDPR and the Belgian privacy regulation when collecting Real World Evidence Data ? pharma.be, in collaboration with all the relevant stakeholders including the association of the medical devices industry BeMedTech, has developed guidelines, which focuses on the applicability of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Belgian Personal Data Protection Law, their secondary use of patient data for scientific research purposes. Those guidelines will be presented to you during this webinar.