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Press Articles

• Media Coverage Report during BBMRI-PP (01/2008-03/2011)
• FT Science with Clive Cooksen: biobanking, education and disease (Podcast) (26 October 2010)
• Medical Device Network.com: BBMRI. The Industry Perspective (4 October 2010)
• Pharmaceutical Technology: New breakthroughs? You  can biobank on it (4 August 2010)
• Nature Magazine Editorial: Biobanks need pharma (24 September 2009)
• Euractiv: Eu 'biobank' first to benefit from VAT exemption (17 September 2009)
• Financial Times: Pan-European biobank moves closer (16 September 2009, restricted access)

Press Releases

• Brussels, June 2009: The Power of Many
• Brussels, March 2009: PHOEBE-P3G-BBMRI Joint Conference

Short Film

This short film of BBMRI is part of the EuroRis-Net DVD Project, supported by DG Research of the European Commission under the Research Infrastructures action of the 7th Framework Programme. EuroRis-Net (www.euroris-net.eu) is a network of National Contact Points dealing with the Research Infrastructures action of the 7th Framework Programme. It aims at raising awareness of RIs at European level, promoting of the best utilisation of RIs in Europe and strives for unified approach to RIs NCP services. The complete DVD was prepared in cooperation with Gran Sasso National Laboratory, SHARE, BBMRI, DRIVER II, MJPF-1000 and is available through EuroRis-Net. It was produced by TANDEM TAREN-TO for the Institute for Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences.

European Cancer Organisation: Patient Advocacy/Ethics Track

Cancer Research - Ethics and Challenges, Zatloukal, K.: Ethics in Cancer Biobanking

Public Hearing at the European Parliament

On October 26, 2010 a Public Hearing on Health-Related Research Infrastructures was held in the European Parliament. You can access the programme at ISC (including power point presentations) or listen via webstream to the hearing. A concise report, you find here.