Public biobanks: calculation and recovery of costs

Sci Transl Med. 2014 Nov 5;6(261):261fs45. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3010444.

Abstract

A calculation grid developed by an international expert group was tested across biobanks in six countries to evaluate costs for collections of various types of biospecimens. The assessment yielded a tool for setting specimen-access prices that were transparently related to biobank costs, and the tool was applied across three models of collaborative partnership.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomedical Research / economics*
  • Biomedical Research / organization & administration
  • Budgets
  • Commerce / economics*
  • Commerce / organization & administration
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Europe
  • Humans
  • Models, Economic
  • Models, Organizational
  • Specimen Handling / economics*
  • Tissue Banks / economics*
  • Tissue Banks / organization & administration
  • Workflow