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3 April 2024

Estonian Biobank selects PacBio for whole genome sequencing

PacBio's Revio HiFi sequencing system is to be used to sequence the entire genomes of 10,000 participants of the Estonian
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21 December 2020

European Commission gives green light to Google’s Fitbit takeover

Google has made a series of commitments to address competition concerns, including that it will not use data gathered by
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Person wearing FitBit smartwatch
11 August 2020

European Commission to investigate Google’s Fitbit acquisition

An investigation to assess the proposed billion dollar acquisition of Fitbit by Google has been opened by the European Commission.
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Digital Health Cybersecurity Round-Up
15 November 2019

Cyber security news round-up

Our latest round-up of cyber security nibs includes a cyber-attack on the Labour party and Marie Stopes achieving Cyber Essentials
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28 October 2015

Legal view: sending data abroad

Andrew Rankin and Chris Air of DAC Beachcroft discuss a recent European Court decision that has important implications for patient
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23 May 2014

Giraff robot plans Europe takeover

A robot used for dementia patients being trialled by NHS Western Isles is set to go into commercial production across
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20 December 2012

COCIR welcomes latest EU e-health plan

A new European e-health action plan, launched by the European Commission this month, aims to boost understanding and uptake of
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20 October 2010

EC launches HEIDI health wiki

The Directorate General of Health and Consumers and the European Commission are developing a new website to provide information to
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28 September 2010

EU study says EU is leading on e-health

The European Commission has published the preliminary findings of a study into National eHealth strategies that concludes Europe is leading
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13 April 2010

EC flags benefits of Notts Cisco network

A report has shown that patient waiting times at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust have been cut by a third
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