Quick Notes:
CONTEXT: RWD, RWE, Pfizer, Isaeli Government, Data Transparency, Real-World Epidemiological Evidence Collaboration Agreement
IMPACT: Sharing of Real-World Epidemiological Evidence to improve understanding of impact of COVID-19 vaccination
Time Taken = 3 mins
Quotes from Source:
1. ““It is vital to make clear that we support the Covid-19 vaccination effort, only that we ask that the rights of Israeli citizens are protected under the deal struck between Israel and U.S drugmaker Pfizer,” said Prof. Eytan Friedman, chairman of the Helsinki Committee, the statutory body that’s tasked with overseeing human medical trials in Israel.”
2. “Israel’s Ministry of Health published on Sunday a redacted copy of a 14-page contract it signed with drugmaker Pfizer for the exchange of public medical data in return for the swift supply of Covid-19 vaccines.”
3. “The argument is over a single thing, which is that as the chairman of the Helsinki Committee, some of whose members are lawyers who read the contract with Pfizer, we want to ensure that the committee is doing its job maintaining medical ethics, and making sure the rights and privacy of Israeli citizens are being protected also when clinical research, not trials, are being held.”
4. “If the committee were to resist the collaboration agreement, it could in an extreme case block the flow of data to Pfizer, or force the health ministry to determine whether they approve of their data being shared for research purposes.”
5. “The Ministry of Health said in response that “the agreement to share aggregate data with Pfizer, which was transparently shared with the public, details the data that would be shared with Pfizer in Appendix A and B.”
Source URL: https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3888436,00.html