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Individual data return is now reality
in the USA, participants to clinical trials can now have consistent and reliable access to their individual data through a Pfizer innovative initiative.Pfizer has made a commitment to return individual data to its clinical trials participants through the Participant...
Hand by hand towards trusted alliances
“Returning Individual Participant Data, A Cultural and Organizational Shift Toward Personalized Clinical Trial Options” was the DIA 2023 ILLUMINATE topic for panelists from TransCelerate, MRCT, Pfizer, and FACILITATE, with more than 200 attendees. The panel discussion...
Health data sharing: challenges in an interconnected society
On April 26, 2023, the Health & Ageing Law Lab (HALL) of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) hosted FACILITATE its successful inaugural Health, Law and Technology (HELT) symposium in Brussels. The symposium aimed to explore the challenges and impacts of the European...
Striking a balance on good governance
On May 10, 2023, FACILITATE was presented by Prof. Johanna Blom, Deputy coordinator of the FACILITATE project, at the Governance of Medical AI Conference in Hong Kong (9-11 May) organized by the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law (CMEL). CMEL develops new ideas and...
FACILITATE meets in Paris
On June 8 and 9 the Semi-Annual Meeting 2023 of FACILITATE took place in Paris, nearly one and a half year since the virtual kick off. It was a successful roundup focusing on interactive work meetings in smaller groups and complemented by plenary sessions. FACILITATE...
MRCT held a webinar this week · May 2nd
MRCT held a webinar this week (May 2 nd ) on RETURNING INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH RESULTS AND DATA TO PARTICIPANTS: EXPERIENCE FROM THE FIELDThey worked with partners to create a series of case studies. These cases detailthe experiences of five organizations planning and...
TransCelerate and FACILITATE: a workshop to set synergies
FACILITATE workshop on its developing ethical frameworks
On 15 and 16 March, the leaders of work package 3 (WP3) held a meeting with partners at Eurac Research, Bolzano (Italy). The meeting was convened to discuss key elements of the ethical frameworks (the ethical framework on return of clinical trial data and the ethical...
FACILITATE at the Rare Disease Day
On 1 March 2023, Prof. Dr. Johanna Blom has been invited to present FACILITATE project and its challenges at the 3rd International Conference on Rare Diseases: Greek Chapter, 2023, Athens in the Session “Flash Updates of RD Flagship Initiatives” The conference focused...
let’s FACILITATE
Year 2/Issue 2 June 2023 FACILITATE is growing as a collaborative consortium and laying the groundwork for the new phase of the project with more tangible outputs. So far, it has been a great cooperative effort towards the definition of pragmatic use cases and...
Global perspectives on return of individual research results
On 23 February 2023, the development of guidelines for the return of clinical trial data has been discussed at the 14th International Congress on Human Genetics in Cape Town The return of individual research results is fraught with ethical, legal, and social concerns,...
FACILITATE stakeholders’ meet in Cape Town
On 21 February 2023, representatives of WP3 held a FACILITATE stakeholder workshop at Stellenbosch Medical School, Cape Town, South Africa The workshop was hosted jointly with the Stellenbosch University Research Ethics Office and the Office of Research Integrity. The...
