A dedicated team of legal (privacy) experts and ethicists focussed on health care and health research
Our mission is furthering the improvement of health and health care, guided by the public values
which underly scientific research and European health care systems.
Advice and researching
Dataprotection and DPIA’s
Policy briefs and reports
Research collaborations
Data en material transfer agreements
We offer services to researchers and research organisation, patient organisations, health care providers and public health organisations, governmental agencies
Constructive and engaged
We do not follow trends but follow our mission. Against the current if necessary, but always aiming at contributing positively and critically to public, professional and academic debates and their practical implementation.
Our expertise ranges from medical law and privacy and data protection legislation in its various ramifications, to European law, as well as research ethics and governance.
We combine hands-on ethical and legal advice directly applicable to research and contribute to the professional and academic debate.

News from MLCF
Unwarranted requirement of an accredited external monitoring body hampers establishing codes of conduct
Why this blog Article 40.1 of the GDPR states that Codes of Conduct should be encouraged. The first ‘evaluation’ of the GDPR by the European Commission and the recent evaluation of the Dutch GDPR implementing Act underscore the importance of a Code of Conduct not...
Lygature expands legal and ethical expertise in medical research | Integration of MLCF and Lygature
During a symposium on 1 July on the concept of a self-learning healthcare system, the MLC Foundation announced its integration into Lygature. This guarantees the experience, expertise, and current services of MLCF for the future, while Lygature is expanding its...
The Ten Commandments of Ethical Medical AI
Evert-Ben van Veen contributed to a paper about using AI in health care. You can find these 10 Commandments of ethical medical AI here. Enjoy reading and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.