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.

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How safe is ChatGPT for the pharmaceutical industry?

GDPR profile for the pharmaceutical industryStrong

ChatGPT has a strong published GDPR profile and, with the right business settings, is well suited to use in the pharmaceutical industry.

Where does ChatGPT stand in the pharmaceutical industry?

Shared place 1 of 25 options for the pharmaceutical industry (professional tools and general assistants) on GDPR profile. 5 options have a strong profile, like ChatGPT. Each tile is an option we track for this field; click for the check.

Strong5

Good3

Limited7

Unknown3

Caution7

Published safeguards

✓EU hosting possibleYes

✓No training on your data (business)Yes

–Self-hostable (on-premise)Not known

EU data residency available for Enterprise, Edu and the API. Business and API data are not used for training by default; consumer tiers (Free/Plus/Pro) are, unless you turn this off.

How to use ChatGPT 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)

CastorCastor (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

BiolevateBiolevate (Paris, France)

Aily LabsAily Labs GmbH (Munich, Germany)

ClaudeAnthropic

Latest developments

5 November 2026Flaw in Lockdown Mode patched

Via pop-up windows in the HTML preview of code blocks, an attacker could bypass Lockdown Mode and siphon off your chat history, via a manipulated prompt, GPT or shared chat. OpenAI patched the flaw on 18 September 2026; Check Point published the details on 5 November. Users do not need to do anything. source

1 November 2026Reports to the police and stricter rules for teens

In the third quarter of 2026, OpenAI made more than 200 reports to law enforcement about threatened violence based on ChatGPT conversations. Conversations in which someone appears fixated on violence may be ended automatically by ChatGPT, and if it happens repeatedly, OpenAI can pause the account. So don't assume that what you type into ChatGPT stays confidential. source

27 October 2026Connection with iCloud Mail and Calendar on all subscriptions

ChatGPT can use plugins to search and summarise iCloud mail and change appointments, including on the free subscription. Signing in uses an app-specific password from Apple; it remains valid if you disconnect the integration in ChatGPT and you must revoke it yourself via account.apple.com. source

Questions

How safe is ChatGPT for the pharmaceutical industry?: ChatGPT has a strong published GDPR profile and, with the right business settings, is well usable in the pharmaceutical industry. EU options, no training on your data and/or self-hostable.
Does ChatGPT train on my data?: EU data residency available for Enterprise, Edu and the API. Business and API data are not used for training by default; consumer tiers (Free/Plus/Pro) are, unless you turn this off.
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

developers.openai.com openai.com

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