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ICH-GCP and GDPR are vital for clinical trials, setting standards for participant protection and data integrity, with distinct focuses and enforcement approaches.

Cyber insurance provides coverage to businesses, including those in the life sciences industry, to protect against losses from cyberattacks, such as data breaches, ransomware, and other threats. For life sciences companies, which handle high-value intellectual property and sensitive data, tailored cyber insurance policies offer essential protection against financial, legal, and reputational damage while complementing existing cybersecurity measures.

The UK data watchdog is set to fine NHS vendor Advanced for security failures that occurred before the LockBit ransomware attack. These security lapses contributed to the vulnerability exploited during the attack.

The UK's National Health Service (NHS) has confirmed that data stolen in a ransomware attack on Synnovis, a medical diagnostics service, has been published online, and the extent of the breach and its impact on patients is under investigation.

The Federal Trade Commission announced it has finalized changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) that will strengthen and modernize the rule by clarifying its applicability to health apps and other similar technologies and expanding the information that covered entities must provide to consumers when notifying them of a breach of their health data.