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NHS Solutions

Utilising the extensive range of data assets exclusively available to IQVIA, combined with our market leading expertise, we are able to support the NHS meet the challenge of delivering high quality, efficient and cost effective healthcare by identifying actionable insight and realising the value in data.

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Life Sciences Industry

We believe in the UK’s potential to become a global leader in the life sciences sector, and our investments announced in the 2018 Second Life Sciences Sector Deal further support the UK Government and the industry’s aim to make that potential a reality.

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Advancing UK Healthcare

We are committed to providing solutions that inform and enable all stakeholders across UK healthcare, to innovate with confidence, maximise opportunities, and, ultimately, drive human health outcomes forward.

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IQVIA’s Pharmacy Communications offers pharma companies a simple and cost-effective channel to communicate product changes, updates and patient advice directly to patients via pharmacists.

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Explore our library of resources spanning the healthcare & life science ecosystem on the latest topics, trends, and market developments that matter to you.

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IQVIA Medical Research Data (IMRD)

IQVIA Medical Research Data (IMRD)

IQVIA Medical Research Data (IMRD) is real world data, which contains the longitudinal non-identified patient electronic medical records (EMR) from 6 million patients. IMRD is used for medical and public health research and treatment analysis.

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IQVIA Medical Research Data (IMRD)

What is IMRD?

A real-world research database with NHS Health Research Authority approval for medical research and treatment analysis.

Data source

IMRD includes non-identified patient data supplied from UK General Practices contributing to IQVIA’s Medical Research Extract Scheme (MRES).

Research using IMRD?

Population-based research using IMRD can provide valuable insights into primary care managed diseases and treatments to help inform healthcare decisions.

Governance

The data are non-identified and collected with appropriate approvals. IQVIA has developed a governance framework for managing patient level datasets to ensure maximum utility whilst respecting the privacy of individual patients and their data subject rights.

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IMRD uses

  • IMRD can be used for scientific research across academia, public health institutions and life sciences companies.
  • Typical applications include: epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, drug safety, public health research, drug utilisation studies, post authorisation safety studies (PASS), treatment analysis and comparison, outcomes research, health economics research/resource utilisation, risk management, morbidity and mortality research.

With in-house expertise in epidemiology, data science & analytics our Real World Solutions team can support your research needs.

Key benefits of IMRD

  • Large database contains data from 6 million patients. A large sample size can increase the statistical power of studies thus improving the accuracy and reliability of findings.
  • Data is collected from a diverse patient population across different age, gender and ethnicity providing a representative picture of GP managed care.
  • A large and representative database can improve generalisability ensuring that the study findings can be applied to different settings and populations.
  • Data recorded during real-world clinical practice can provide valuable insights into safety and effectiveness of medicines in an everyday setting.
  • Research using IMRD can inform healthcare decisions with a view to improving patient outcomes.

Non-identified data Included in IMRD

  • Patient details: year of birth, gender, GP practice registration date, practice de-registration date, ethnicity, postcode linked Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD).
  • Clinical events: coded symptoms, diagnoses with dates, referrals to hospitals.
  • Prescribed medication: all prescriptions with date issued, drug name, formulation, strength, quantity, dosing instructions.
  • Tests and other health data: smoking status, height, weight, blood pressures, pregnancy, birth, death.
  • Immunisations: all in-practice immunisations.

Access to IMRD

  • IMRD can be accessed through data extract licenses and delivered through IQVIA’s secure technology platforms.
  • Researchers can obtain access to data for single or multiple studies.
  • IQVIA can facilitate expedited query and protocol review to support various types of medical research.
  • IMRD has also been incorporated into IQVIA’s Analytic Research Accelerator. IQVIA's Analytic Research Accelerator enables research teams to efficiently generate reliable insights, from data landscaping to real world evidence generation.
  • IMRD is available in various formats and has also been bridged to the OMOP Common Data Model.

Our IQVIA real world data experts can help navigate your data access requirements or generate evidence and insights.

IQVIA Medical Research Data

IQVIA Medical Research Data (IMRD) is real world data, which contains longitudinal non-identified patient electronic medical records (EMR) from more than six million patients in England.

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