A review of International Biobanks and Networks: Success Factors and key benchmarks - A 10 year retrospective review

A 10 year follow up to a 2009 review of 16 initiatives in biobanking networks and major national biobank programs has recently been published in Biopreservation and Biobanking.

Edited by Daniel Catchpoole the 2019 review follows up with the original 16 initiatives, including ABN-Onc from which ABNA was established. Responses from 12 of these 16 initiatives provides a snapshot of the changing face of biobanking around the world.

Original article:

Vaught J, Kelly A, Hewitt R. A review of international biobanking and network: Success factors and key benchmarks. Biopreserv Biobank 2009;7:143–150.