November 2024 marks the 10-year anniversary of Johnson & Johnson’s collaboration with the Yale University Open Data Access (YODA) Project, aimed at helping to improve patient outcomes by elevating the standard for healthcare data-sharing practices.
Since October 2014, J&J and the YODA Project have joined together to promote transparency and accessibility in clinical trial research. Together, we have established a consistent framework to independently evaluate proposals from members of the research community who are seeking access to J&J clinical trial data.
To date, 433 complete proposals were received, reviewed and approved by the YODA project, leading to 154 publications that have used our clinical trial data to drive innovation, advance scientific study across a range of therapeutic areas (e.g., oncology, digestive, metabolic), and improve public health.
Through our collaboration with the YODA Project, we have helped to significantly close the evidence gap in various areas of unmet patient need, including:
- Expanding the evidence base to further understand the safety and effectiveness of medical devices
- Comparing the effectiveness of drugs for chronic conditions to help providers make more informed treatment decisions for patients
- Enabling advanced data comparison methods to help determine which health interventions are most beneficial for different populations to improve quality of patient care
Thanks to our J&J team members, our collaborators at Yale, and everyone across the research and patient communities for their contributions along this exciting journey of advancing the science of medicine through responsible data sharing. We look forward to the road ahead, and achieving more milestones in research innovation and patient outcomes.