European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA) is a repository for human biomolecular and phenotypic data[1] in the United Kingdom and Spain.
[2] [3] It involves the secure storage of all potentially identifiable genetic data, phenotypic and clinical data generated by biomedical research programs.
[4] As of March 2022, it stores and harvest data regarding over 4,500 research studies from over 1,000 institutions worldwide.
[2] EGA was launched in 2008 by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) to support the voluntary archiving and dissemination of human genomic data requiring secure storage and distribution only to authorized researchers in a manner that "respects the consent agreements signed by the study subjects."
Later, the EGA has expanded its scope of collaboration with the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona.