Success factors, lessons learned and recommendations for infrastructure and organisation of joint research between consortia.

The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) worked with academic hospitals and a general hospital, providing ten studies, in the Harmony partnership to study the immune response brought on by COVID-19 vaccinations. This memorandum includes success factors, lessons learned and recommendations for researchers and policy makers who are about to combine knowledge from all the studies to provide the best treatment for their patients through joint research and shared data.