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Virtual Human Twins Incubator

INITIATIVEResearch, Technology & Industrial Capacity

The incubator will accelerate market uptake and clinical use of next-generation “virtual human” models. Backed by €8 million under the Digital Europe Work Programme 2025–2027, it will fund testbeds, validation studies and pilots, helping innovators demonstrate safety, effectiveness and regulatory readiness for use in clinical trials and investigations. The incubator will convene regulators, HTA bodies, hospitals and SMEs to align evidence requirements, foster interoperability and ethics-by-design, and de-risk adoption across Member States. Complementary €25 million investment in European genomic data infrastructure in 2026, aligned with the EHDS, will strengthen the data backbone powering virtual twins.

Status

Planned until 2027.

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