Interview: EU Big Data Task Force Is ‘Not Just Another Discussion Forum’, Says Chair Thomas Senderovitz

A month after EU regulators created a task force to work out how to use big data to support drug evaluation, Thomas Senderovitz, the head of the Danish Medicines Agency who chairs the new group, tells the Pink Sheet’s Vibha Sharma what to expect from the initiative.

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New EMA/HMA task force on big data has clear plan for work ahead • Source: Shutterstock

The task force that EU regulators set up just over a month ago to explore how “big data” might be used to improve drug development and regulation has now met twice and has established a clear plan for the work ahead.

The big data task force is a joint initiative by the European Medicines Agency and the EU Heads...

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