FORTIFY

Framework for optimised regulation, trade secrets, and intellectual property in a federated European Health Data Space

Duration: May 2026 – April 2029

Budget: €11.5M (€6M from Horizon Europe Innovative Health Initiative and €5.5M from Industry partners)

Partners: 33 organisations

Coordinator: Karolinska Institutet 
Project Lead: Johnson & Johnson 

Vision

FORTIFY’s vision is for the EHDS to become a trusted enabler of health innovation, where high-value data can be reused responsibly while intellectual property and trade secrets remain protected.

Mission:

FORTIFY develops and validates practical legal, governance and technical solutions that enable responsible use of health data for research and innovation in the European Health Data Space (EHDS) while protecting intellectual property (IP), trade secrets, commercially confidential information (CCI) and regulatory data protection (RDP).