Due to the summer holiday, there will be no committee meeting on August 9, 2021.

From April 2021, the Biobank Research Ethics Committee (TCBio) will meet every 2 weeks on Monday, instead of monthly.

New meeting day and deadlines in 2021 As of 2021, the committee will meet once every 4 weeks on Monday (instead of Thursday).

Availability of the Department of Research Review (TCBio secretariat) and submission of documents during the COVID-19 pandemic (update of 28 August 2020)

Due to the new European privacy legislation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which has been in effect since May 2018, existing biobanks must also meet the statutory requirements for data processing when fulfilling their duty to inform new donors.