1 October 2024

Oxfordshire, UK – Arcturis Data Limited (“Arcturis”), the UK leader in curating deep, multi-modal health data to support development of precision medicines, and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (“Guy’s and St Thomas”), a global exemplar in clinical, research and digital health excellence, announce today that they have entered into a multi-year Strategic Research Agreement. This agreement will allow anonymised NHS data, from an established Research Ethics approved database, to be made available to Arcturis for the purposes of undertaking research that supports the development and approval of novel therapies for cancer patients.

This agreement allows investment from Arcturis to Guy’s and St Thomas’ to support the curation and enrichment of deep, longitudinal and multi-modal research datasets that enable a precision medicine approach. The initial focus of the agreement will be in oncology covering areas including gynaecological, lung, prostate and bladder cancers.  Cancer is responsible for a significant burden of patient morbidity and mortality and consumes significant resources within healthcare systems annually. This agreement will facilitate valuable research and innovation, delivering benefits to the health service, patients and the regional economy, whilst safeguarding the confidentiality and privacy of patients.

Dr Anne Rigg, Co-Chair of the Guy’s Cancer Real World Evidence Committee, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Medical Director for Cancer and Surgery at Guy’s and St Thomas’ commented, “Arcturis has unique expertise in integrating molecular and clinical data and curating fit-for-purpose, regulatory-grade research datasets.  This valuable work will help to improve the quality and completeness of the data available within Guy’s and St Thomas’ for world class research, driving real world impact. Our patient and public partners will oversee the work of this ambitious collaboration, ensuring a central focus on healthcare improvement and clinical impact.”

Christie Brooks, Director of Data Strategy and Partnerships at Arcturis commented, “Arcturis is delighted to enter this long-term strategic partnership with Guy’s and St Thomas’, one of the UK’s leading providers of hospital and community-based healthcare and medical research. The partnership will build on the expertise of both organisations through the convergence of innovations in technology, informatics and clinical excellence and will enhance our growing health data network in the UK.  Arcturis is committed to using deep, regulatory grade patient data to generate unique data insights to enhance clinical trials, regulatory decision making and adoption of new therapies to improve patient outcomes, whilst allowing the NHS to benefit from the wealth of data that the health system generates.”

Patient, Monica Jefford added, “This agreement between Arcturis and Guy’s and St Thomas’ and the technological management of our data, can only positively impact and benefit patients. The ever-evolving technological landscape, together with the resources available, present opportunities to further develop and improve patient care and experience. Both of these organisations are well-respected with established practices in how data is appropriately collected, applied, utilised and stored. Most importantly, this agreement prioritises putting patient’s interests and wellbeing at the heart of everything they do.”

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