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Castor (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

How safe is Castor for the pharmaceutical industry?

GDPR profileOur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data: whether the data is stored in the EU (2 points), whether there is certification or a GDPR guarantee (1) and whether the provider is established in the NL or the EU (1). 3 or 4 points is Strong, 2 Good, 1 Limited, 0 Unknown. How we measure for pharmaceutical industryGood

Castor has a good GDPR profile. Usable in the pharmaceutical industry, provided you use the business version and follow the points of attention below.

Where does Castor stand in pharmaceutical industry?

Shared place 6 of 25 options for pharmaceutical industry (professional tools and general assistants) on GDPR profile. 3 options, like Castor, have a good profile. Each tile is an option we track for this field; click for the check.

Strong5
Good3
Limited7
Unknown3
Caution7

Published safeguards

✓Provider based in NL/EUYes
–Data in the EU (according to provider)Not known
✓Publishes certification (ISO/NEN/GDPR)Yes

which model Catalyst uses is not public. Castor: source data and anonymised derivatives never reach third-party AI models; source documents in a separate encrypted Source Vault (AES-256), destroyed 30 days after the study. ISO-certified, with GCP and GDPR/HIPAA support.

How to use Castor safely

  • Use the business variant and sign a data processing agreement (DPA).
  • Do not enter unnecessary personal data into prompts; anonymise where possible.
  • Enable EU data residency where the provider offers it.
  • Keep a professional in the loop: in this sector it concerns health data of trial participants and patients (special category personal data under art.

Stronger or equally strong in the pharmaceutical industry

CradleCradle (Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Zürich, Switzerland)BiolevateBiolevate (Paris, France)Aily LabsAily Labs GmbH (Munich, Germany)ClaudeAnthropicGeminiGoogle

Questions

How safe is Castor for pharmaceutical industry?
Castor has a good GDPR profile. Usable in the pharmaceutical industry, provided you use the business version and follow the points of attention below. Good safeguards, but not on every point.
Does Castor train on my data?
which model Catalyst uses is not public. Castor: source data and anonymised derivatives never reach third-party AI models; source documents in a separate encrypted Source Vault (AES-256), destroyed 30 days after the study. ISO-certified, with GCP and GDPR/HIPAA support.
What should I look out for with AI in the pharmaceutical industry?
This sector involves health data of trial participants and patients (special category personal data under Article 9 GDPR) and confidential research data. Ask every provider where the data is stored and whether it is used to train models: Castor hosts in the Netherlands (Google Cloud europe-west4) and does not share data or models between customers, Cradle states that source data never goes to third-party AI models, Iris.ai hosts on AWS in Ireland and Germany. Biolevate and Ennov also run in private cloud or on-premises. With Veeva Vault AI and Yseop, texts go to Anthropic models via Amazon Bedrock; check the region and the data processing agreement. If you work in GxP processes, an AI tool must also be validated (EU GMP Annex 11) and a competent employee remains responsible. For AI in medicines development, the EMA has a reflection paper (2024) and is working with the FDA on joint principles.

Source documents

www.castoredc.comwww.castoredc.com

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Last checked: 2 November 2026 · How we check

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