HORIZON-JU-IHI-2025-10-02-two-stage: Safeguarding innovation in secondary use of health data in the European Health Data Space (EHDS)

16 January 2025|
Expected Impact:

The action contributes to all the general objectives of IHI JU, particularly to specific objective 4 'exploit the full potential of digitalisation and data exchange in health care'.

The action under this topic is expected to achieve all of the following impacts:

  • Fostering data-driven research and innovation advancing healthcare in the EU;
  • A world-leading approach to IP protection of data;
  • Improved balance between data utilisation and access control rights;
  • Best practices for data sharing, data security and prevention of unauthorised disclosure;
  • Recommendations for legal and ethical standards; and
  • Increased industry confidence in the EHDS.

The action will also contribute to several European policies/initiatives, which include:

  • The European Health Data Space;
  • The European Commission's Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe, specifically the pillar on competitiveness, innovation, and sustainability;
  • Related measures under the ongoing revision of the pharmaceutical legislation;
  • The Trade Secret Directive;
  • The European Strategy for Data, incl. GDPR, Data Act, Data Governance Act, AI Act;
  • The Digital Strategy; and
  • The Digital Single Market Strategy.

Overall, these expected impacts aim to create a secure, collaborative, and innovative ecosystem within the EHDS, which will increase trust and confidence among stakeholders, optimise data utilisation, enhance protection of intellectual property, and facilitate advancements in healthcare research and innovation.

Expected Outcome:

The European Health Data Space (EHDS) is a key initiative under

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