Global genes, local concerns : legal, ethical, and scientific challenges in international biobanking / edited by Timo Minssen, Janne Rothmar Herrmann, Jens Schovsbo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Minssen, Timo, editor.

Herrmann, Janne Rothmar, editor.

Schovsbo, Jens, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biobanks--Law and legislation.

Biobanks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2019.

Summary:

Large-scale, interoperable biobanks are an increasingly important asset in today's life science research and, as a result, multiple types of biobanks are being established around the globe with very different financial, organizational and legal set-ups. With interdisciplinary chapters written by lawyers, sociologists, doctors and biobank practitioners, Global Genes, Local Concerns identifies and discusses the most pressing issues in contemporary biobanking. This timely book addresses pressing questions such as: how do national biobanks best contribute to translational research?; What are the opportunities and challenges that current regulations present for translational use of biobanks?; How does inter-biobank coordination and collaboration occur on various levels?; and how could academic and industrial exploitation, ownership and IPR issues be addressed and facilitated? Identifying that biobanks' foundational and operational set-ups should be legally and ethically sound, while at the same time reflecting the hopes and concerns of all the involved stakeholders, this book contributes to the continued development of international biobanking by highlighting and analysing the complexities in this important area of research. Academics in the fields of law and ethics, health law and biomedical law, as well as biobank managers and policymakers will find this insightful book a stimulating and engaging read.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction

Part I - Biobanks, big data and modes of collaboration

1. Big data and the ethics of detail: the role of ethics work in the making of a cross-national research infrastructure for genetic research / Klaus Hoeyer, Aaro Tupasela, Malene Bøgehus Rasmussen

2. Biobanks as knowledge institutions / Michael J. Madison

Part II - Biobanks, translational medicine and tech transfer

3. Biobanks as innovation infrastructure for translational medicine / W. Nicholson Price II

4. Responsible use of human biosamples in the bioscience industries / Brian J Clark and Tina Bossow

Part III - Biobanks, human rights and patient involvement

5. Biobanking, scientific productions and human rights / Peter K. Yu

6. You told me, right? - free and informed consent in European patent law / Åsa Hellstadius and Jens Schovsbo

7. Dynamic consent and biobanking - a means of fostering sustainability? / Jane Kaye and Megan Prictor

8. Generating trust in biobanks within the context of commercialization: can dynamic consent overcome trust challenges? / Esther van Zimmeren

9. Exploitation and vulnerabilities in consent to biobank research in developing countries / Nana Cecilie Halmsted Kongsholm

10. Biobanking and the consent problem / Timothy Caulfield and Blake Murdoch

Part IV - Biobanks, guidelines and good governance

11. Responsible research and innovation and the advancement of biobanking and biomedical research / Helen Yu

12. Do we need an expiration date for biobanks? / Franziska Vogl and Karine Sargsyan

13. Biobanks and biobank networks / Eva Ortega-Paíno and Aaro Tupasela

14. IP policies for large bioresources: the fiction, fantasy and future of openness / Kathleen Liddell, Johnathan Liddicoat and Matthew Jordan

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-78811-619-4