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COVID-19 pandemic brought to the fore the importance of authoritative data and authenticated data sources in the medical field. From the early days of reporting on cases and hospitalizations around the world, individual test results reported by test providers in and outside the regular labs, to vaccine supply chains and vaccination records as shots-in-arms ramp up the health authorities, researchers, pharma industry, and regulators depend on accurate, real-time, trusted data from a vast number of diverse government and commercial organizations. And in some cases, distrust of government authorities makes it vital that the data is stored in a tamper-evident manner so that its integrity can be audited and proven. Perhaps then it’s not surprising that blockchain solutions have been used to enable these capabilities. Customers have been using enterprise blockchain to address similar requirements in financial services, supply chains, and other sectors for a few years. Embracing the needs ...