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UNIFIED Launches to Put Patient Voices at the Heart of Healthcare DecisionsEnschede, 4 November 2025 – Erasmus University Rotterdam and Pfizer lead UNIFIED (Unifying Framework for Patient-Centred Clinical-study Endpoints Derived from Digital Health Technologies), a five-year, €27 million global public-private partnership funded by the Horizon Europe Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking. The project aims to develop a harmonised, internationally aligned approach, integrating patient-centred clinical-study endpoints to support the full benefit of a therapy to patients. The UT is work package lead for WP1, co-lead for WP4, and will be involved in the use case related to improving the management of lung cancer.Read more
Old data can transform the future of healthcarePatient preference studies (research into what patients value in their treatment) are increasingly used to inform drug development and regulatory approval decisions. But these studies are expensive and time-consuming to conduct. Yet, their results are rarely used beyond their original purpose. Researchers from the University of Twente, in collaboration with international colleagues, identified opportunities to reuse findings from existing studies, thereby improving resource usage during patient-focused drug development.Health technologyRead more