Last week, Emilie Toresson Grip, Ville Perälä and Katja Nolvi attended the Nordic Health Data Summit – A VALO & FinHITS Forum in Helsinki, where one thing was clear:
– The Nordics can—and must—collaborate on health data.
The first phase of the VALO project, initiated by The Nordic Council of Ministers, is concluding. Phase II is now launching, continuing the work of preparing the region for European Health Data Space (EHDS) implementation.
As Emilie Toresson Grip noted in her talk:
🟢 Nordic countries are global RWE leaders—but each with different strengths.
📌 Denmark: uniquely comprehensive hospital drug and pathology data
📌 Finland: efficient, centralized biobank data access
📌 Sweden: vast amount of detailed Quality of Care registers
📌 Norway: centralised access to detailed Quality Care registers
To stay globally competitive, we must invest in deeper, more detailed clinical data – especially as new treatments are approved for narrower indications. Nordic alignment is key.
💡 VALO shows collaboration is possible. Let’s build on it.
🔎 Are you exploring Nordic RWE or EHDS implications?
Let’s meet at ISPOREurope next week – Emilie and the Quantify team are happy to connect.
