Clinityx, CEGEDIM GERS SAS’ real-world data and real-world evidence division, announces that the French Data Protection Authority, i.e., the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) has authorized the implementation of LINK, the first European Health Data Warehouse, for a period of ten years.
This authorization constitutes a new stage for Clinityx and allows the strengthening of health research capacities thanks to real-life data from primary care issues in seven European countries (France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, and Romania), according to a common model, giving a complete view of the patient care pathway.
LINK: The next generation of THIN
LINK represents the next generation of the THIN – The Health Improvement Network – longitudinal database network, which has contributed to more than 2,150 international scientific publications.
LINK will be rolled out progressively in the seven countries historically covered by THIN, within the framework defined by the European Health Data Space (EHDS).
The CNIL’s authorization covers patients treated by medical practices in these countries, enabling the creation of multi-country cohorts.
For research teams, the clinical context of treatment initiation will finally be documented in primary care, along with the patient’s subsequent trajectory: dispensations, hospitalizations, that is a complete reconstruction of the care pathway.
With LINK, Clinityx pursues the development of real-life health data infrastructures and strengthens its capacity to accompany research actors in their work, in a permanent framework, secure and compliant with ethical and regulatory requirements.
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