Oversubscribed US$8.15M Raised by Asa Ren to Build an Indonesia Population DNA Database
Asa Ren, a leading DNA data company based in Indonesia, recently announced the closing of a new early stage round of fundings of US$ 8.15 Million. This oversubscribed round was co-led by Top Harvest Capital (Silicon Valley USA), Kejora Capital (Kejora-SBI...
Forum Workshops on Genetic Data and Animal Biobanking Successfully Hosted by EPAA in Sharjah
The Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA) in Sharjah hosted its 3rd day of the Sharjah International Conservation Forum for Arabia’s Biodiversity workshops on the use of genetic data to resolve taxonomic considerations and an Introduction to animal biobanking....
Verisense Health Launched to Provide Access to a Digital Biobank of Raw Patient Data
Verisense® Health, Inc. just launched as a digital health software and data management company. It was established with the goal of providing sponsors with cost-efficient access to a digital biobank of longitudinal raw patient data. The new company is...
Europe’s Leading Cancer Image Biobank (EUCAIM) Launched by Quibim and European Commission
This partnership is a significant step forward in the fight against cancer. The project will provide a central hub and a federated infrastructure that will link EU-level and national initiatives, hospital networks, and research repositories with cancer images...
Qatar Biobank and HMC Launches Tissue Biobank Service in Qatar
Phase one of the Tissue Biobank Service has been launched in Qatar, through collaboration between the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (DLMP) at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Qatar BioBank (QBB). Tissue biobanking is the process of collecting, processing,...
SCL Biobank Acquired ISO 20387:2018 Accreditation from A2LA, the First Biobank in the Asia-Pacific...
The Seoul Clinical Laboratories (SCL) Biobank in Korea acquired the ISO 20387:2018 accreditation for the first time in the Asia-Pacific region from the A2LA (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation), the most authoritative certification body in the field of biobanking. The...
BioGrad to Open the UK’s Second Largest Biobank Facility in Liverpool
BioGrad is to open the UK's second largest biobank facility in Liverpool, as part of a £7.6m investment into a new headquarters at Wavertree Technology Park. In collaboration with the University of Leicester, BioGrad biobank has already welcomed up to...
Sampled Leader Highlights Role of Biobanking in Addressing Historic Inequities in Healthcare
The Chief Scientific Officer at Sampled1 issued a call to action for greater diversity in clinical trial recruitment and the collection of biosamples in a letter in the current issue of Biopreservation and Biobanking. The letter by Sheldon et al,...
DARWIN EU® Welcomes European Medicines Agency (EMA) Selected First Data Partners to Generate Real-World...
EMA has selected the first set of data partners to collaborate with DARWIN EU®, the Data Analysis and Real-World Interrogation Network. The data available to these partners will be used for studies to generate real-world evidence that will support scientific evaluations and regulatory decision making....
Air Liquide Healthcare Brings Together it’s Four Biobanks Under the Name BioKryo in Germany
With a storage capacity of more than 20 million biological samples (tissues, cells ad DNA), the BioKryo network operates in three European countries, with four dedicated sites. Each site offers a complete range of cryogenic services, including storage temperatures from...
