Europe – DARWIN EU® continues expanding its capacity to deliver real-world data studies

The Data Analysis and Real World Interrogation Network DARWIN EU will continue working towards higher capacity for real-world data (RWD) studies and seeks to add ten new data partners in 2024.

Currently, the network operates with 20 public or private institutions from 13 European countries. The data partners generate real-world evidence (RWE) from sources such as hospitals, primary care, health insurance, registries and biobanks to support regulatory activities of EMA’s scientific committees and national regulators in the EU.

The data partners enable access to data from approximately 130 million patients across Europe, which significantly increases DARWIN EU’s capacity to deliver valid and reliable evidence based on RWD studies. A key design feature of DARWIN EU is that the data are converted into a common data model. In addition, data stays local and is analysed locally by the data partners. This combination of features enables personal data protection by design and the rapid conduction of big, multi-database studies…