News and publications
The latest news articles from MedLaw Consult and MLC Foundation.
The Dutch rules for reusing patient data and bodily material for research are more restrictive and unclear than in many other European countries.
Due to more restrictive and unclear rules in the Netherlands for the reuse of patient data for research, opportunities for healthcare research remain unused. While the ‘consent system’ (opt-in system) is generally used in the Netherlands for the reuse of patient data...
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.
The MLC Foundation and Lygature sign collaboration agreement
As of June 1st, 2021, the MedLaw Consult Foundation (MLCF) and Foundation Lygature have entered into a collaboration agreement to combine their expertise to facilitate medical research. The collaboration allows both organisations to build upon their complementary...
Presentations from the Webinar on Joint Controllers in Large Research Consortia
On April 13, Lygature and MLCF organised a webinar on joint controllers in large research consortia. The presentations led to a lively debate, aptly moderated by Petra Wilson. To see the presentations (again) you can click on the items in the Program of the webinar....
Webinar on joint controllers in large research consortia
We are happy to announce that MLC Foundation and Lygature are organizing a webinar on joint controllers in large research consortia. The webinar will take place on 13th April 2021, between 14:00 and 17:00 (CET). It is an online event. Complete...
Publication on the application of the GDPR concerning health data
Last year Evert-Ben van Veen spent quite some time contributing with NIVEL and others towards an “Assessment of the EU Member States’ rules on health data in the light of GDPR”, a study commissioned by the European Commission, DG SANTE. The report is finally out....
Publication on anonymization by Daniel and Evert-Ben
Daniel Groos and Evert-Ben van Veen worked on a publication on anonymization under the GDPR data and the rule of law this summer. It will be published in the winter 2020 issue of the European Data Protection Law Review. A nice conclusion of a very challenging year in...
Webinar
One of the European projects that Evert-Ben van Veen is involved with - BigData@Heart - recently made a webinar on the General Data Protection Regulation paying particular attention to the research exemptions in the GDPR. Full details can be found here.