YaleNews | Yale YODA Project announces first availability of medical device trial data

"The Yale University Open Data Access (YODA) Project is announcing the first-ever broad availability of clinical trial data for medical devices and diagnostics by a company. This historic expansion of data sharing is made possible through collaboration with Johnson & Johnson. In this groundbreaking move, results from the clinical trails of the Medical Devices and Diagnostics businesses of Johnson & Johnson will be made available to researchers through an agreement with the Yale YODA Project. This establishes a fully independent intermediary to manage requests and promote data use, just as it has done with its pharmaceutical clinical trial data. The YODA Project will continue to act as a bridge between investigators and Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical and device and diagnostics businesses. Under the arrangement, the YODA Project will approve or deny requests from investigators for de-identified patient data associated with the pharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostic clinical trials conducted by Johnson & Johnson companies. This expanded scope that now includes device and diagnostic studies is another step forward in the continuing evolution of open science in clinical medicine ..."