Coordination platform for data quality and data access

After successfully establishing the Swiss Clinical Trial Organisation and its nationwide network of Clinical Trial Units, the SNSF embarked on another coordination task: to improve the quality of research data and data access, it created the Swiss Biobanking Platform (SBP). The SBP is a national coordination platform for biobanking activities in all research areas. It offers a wide range of services such as advice on legal and ethical questions when establishing and running biobanks, information on biobanks and data collections worldwide as well as support regarding biobanking methodology and IT solutions. By offering these services, it contributes to harmonising biobanking procedures and making the corresponding data and samples available for future research projects.