Statement calling on policy makers to avoid putting an emergency break of life-saving research through EHDS

In a statement from November 2023, the BioMed Alliance urgently calls on policy makers to take action to ensure the European Health Data Space (EHDS) will not severely jeopardise health research. The health research community is extremely concerned about a partial opt-in system for the re-use of data for policy making and research in EHDS, which is being discussed by policy makers in the Council and the European Parliament. Opt-in approaches significantly impinge on the availability of datasets for researchers to gain new insights into human health and understanding of disease, or for developing new diagnostics and treatments for patients.