Palantir Wins Controversial £480 Million NHS Data Contract
- Platform will help hospitals detect patterns in medical data
- Palantir’s software managed UK’s Covid vaccine rollout
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Palantir Technologies Inc., the data analysis company co-founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, has won a contract to overhaul the National Health Service’s patient data system in the UK.
Palantir bid together with Accenture Plc. for the deal, valued at as much as £480 million ($602 million), said Victoria Atkins, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in a statement on Tuesday.