IQVIA Medical Research Data

  • Research type

    Research Database

  • IRAS ID

    325029

  • Contact name

    Louise Pinder

  • Contact email

    louise.pinder@iqvia.com

  • Research summary

    IQVIA Medical Research Data

  • REC name

    East Midlands - Derby Research Ethics Committee

  • REC reference

    23/EM/0151

  • Date of REC Opinion

    10 Aug 2023

  • REC opinion

    Further Information Favourable Opinion

  • Data collection arrangements

    The research database includes non-identified data on patients within UK primary care practices which have agreed to contribute to the THIN or MRES data collection schemes.
    The database consists of records entered by the GP practice such as:
    - Patients’ details: year of birth, sex, practice registration date, practice de-registration date,
    - Morbidity data: signs, symptoms, diagnoses with dates, referrals to hospitals and specialists,
    - Prescription details: all prescriptions with date issued, formulation, strength, quantity, dosing instructions,
    - Other information: smoking status, height, weight, immunisations, pregnancy, birth, death, test and laboratory results.
    The research database does not include any direct identifiers.
    As of November 2022, IMRD database contains non-identified electronic medical records (EMRs) from over 25 million patients in the UK, 4 million of which are actively registered in a THIN or MRES contributing GP practice.

  • Research programme

    IMRD provides an opportunity to study a wide range of therapeutic/medical areas. The database has been extensively used by researchers to undertake population based medical research studies in specific scientific areas such as: - Epidemiology, - Pharmacoepidemiology, - Drug safety, - Public health research, - Drug utilisation studies, - Treatment analysis and comparison, - Outcomes research, - Health economics research / Resource utilisation, - Risk management, - Post Authorisation Safety Studies (PASS), - Morbidity & mortality research.

  • Research database title

    IQVIA Medical Research Data

  • Establishment organisation

    IQVIA Ltd

  • Establishment organisation address

    IQVIA

    The Point, 37 North Wharf Road

    London

    W2 1AF