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Biobanking Across Borders: The Challenges of Harmonisation

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Ethics, Law and Governance of Biobanking

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The development of national initiatives in biobanking in countries such as Iceland, Estonia, and the UK, has given rise to a great deal of social, legal and ethical discussion over the past decade and more.

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    Legal basis of EU-wide biobanking cooperation (BMB-EUCoop) project http://www.tmf-ev.de/EnglishSite/Topics/Biobankingandmolecularmedicine/V01002BMBEUCoopEN.aspx.

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    EU Biopatenting Directive (Directive 98/44EC) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&numdoc=31998L0044&model=guichett.

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    EU Data Protection Directive (Directive 95/46/EC) http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj/privacy/docs/95-46-ce/dir1995-46_part1_en.pdf.

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    Ruth Chadwick & Heather Strange

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    Deborah Mascalzoni

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Chadwick, R., Strange, H. (2015). Biobanking Across Borders: The Challenges of Harmonisation. In: Mascalzoni, D. (eds) Ethics, Law and Governance of Biobanking. The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9573-9_10

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