Biobanks in Europe: Prospects for Harmonisation and Networking

Eleni Zika, Daniele Paci, Tobias Schulte in den Bäumen, Anette Braun, Silvie RijKers-Defrasne, Mylène Deschênes, Isable Fortier, Jens Laage-Hellman, Christian A. Scerri and Dolores Ibarreta

No JRC57831, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: The Report shows information on the extent of biobanking in Europe, collected through a survey of existing European biobanks regarding both technical aspects (e.g. storage conditions) and aspects of governance and ethics (e.g. sample and data sharing, consent procedures, collaborations etc.). In total, 126 biobanks from 23 countries in Europe were surveyed The European Commission has already recognised the importance of international biobank projects and many of them have been funded and established in the context of the EU Framework Programmes. To help promote networking of biobanks and thus maximise public health benefits, at least some degree of harmonisation must be achieved.

Keywords: biobanks; health; Europe; harmonisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 175 pages
Date: 2010-05
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC57831

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ipt:iptwpa:jrc57831

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Publication Officer ().