The Life Science industry and regulatory profession have a plethora of acronyms and technical terms. Our glossary aims to help make sense of these. Search by clicking on the letters above.
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Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP)
The MHRA’s Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP) aims to accelerate the time to market, facilitating patient access to medicines.…
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Dysbiosis
Imbalance between the types/amounts of microorganisms present in a person’s natural flora, potentially leading to repercussions on the person’s health…
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Pseudonymization
Process that allows to switch the original data set (for example data subject’s e-mail or a name) with an alias…
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Sensitive Data
Data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of…
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Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
A Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) is a process to help identify and minimize the data protection risks of a…
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Data Protection Representative (DPR)
The DPR is the EU representative of non- EU Sponsors that are not established in the EU (do not have…
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Data Protection Officer (DPO)
The primary role of the DPO is to ensure that his organization processes the personal data of its staff, customers,…
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GDPR / General Data Protection Regulation
The General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 or GDPR came into effect in 2018 and sets out a new regulatory framework…
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