The Law and Ethics of Data Sharing in Health Sciences

Innovation Law at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH), the Founding Director of UCPH's Center for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL), and LML Research Affiliate at the University of Cambridge. Professor Minssen is also the principal investigator and the Novo Nordisk Foundation grant-holder of both the CeBIL program, and the Inter-CeBIL program. His research, supervision, teaching & part-time advisory practice concentrates on Intellectual Property-, Competition & Regulatory Law, with a special focus on the law and ethics of new technologies, big data and artificial intelligence in the health & life sciences. Originating from Germany, he holds master degrees and doctoral degrees from the Universities of Göttingen, Uppsala and Lund. In addition to gaining practical experience in German Courts and international law firms, Timo has been a visiting scholar and research fellow at Harvard University, the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the Chicago-Kent College of Law, the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Law, and the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies. He is a member of several international committees and regularly advises the WHO, WIPO, EU Commission, various research organizations, companies, national governments and law firms. He presents his research at international symposia, major law firms, the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Hong Kong & Tokyo, Harvard Law School, Harvard Business School, Stanford Law School, Yale, MIT, the Broad institute, as well as at the WHO, WIPO, European Medicines Agency and National Ethics Councils etc. His publications comprise 6 books, as well as 200+ articles, book chapters and internet publications. Timo's research has been featured in i.a. The Economist, The Financial Times, El Mundo, Politico, WHO Bulletin, Times of India & Times Higher Education, and is published in both leading legal journals, as well as in top "wet-science" journals, such as Science, NEJM Catalyst