In this podcast, hear a session from the 2019 Patients as Partners EU conference on How do Patients Become Partners in the Sharing of Data to Advance Science? How to encourage the sharing of suitably anonymized data to further medicines development for the benefit of patients?What are the barriers/issues? Public mistrust of pharma? Language, medical records versus coded data? Speakers: Natalie Banner, PhD, Understanding Patient Data Lead, Wellcome Trust Richard Stephens, Patient/Consumer Lead, Chair Consumer Forum, NCRI   The 4th annual Patients as Partners EU conference will take place on January 27-28, 2020 in London, UK. To learn more about the program and patient centricity in R&D, visit theconferenceforum.org.