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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

In fact, if you knew that the business model of PLM was always to package and sell data to researchers, including the pharmaceutical industry, you may shrug your shoulders and assume there is no fundamental change. But if you were not aware of that fact, you may be worried about who, exactly, now has access to the data. Not really.