Remove obstacles to sharing health data with researchers outside of the European Union.

Bentzen, Heidi Beate; Castro, Rosa; Fears, Robin; Griffin, George; Ter Meulen, Volker; Ursin, Giske · Nat Med · 2021

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

COVID-19 has shown that international collaborations and global data sharing are essential for health research, but legal obstacles are preventing data sharing for non–pandemic-related research among public researchers across the world, with potentially damaging effects for citizens and patients.

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