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Deadline change on June 2, 2025

The June 2 deadline will be changed to May 28.

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TCBio Annual Report 2024

The TCBio Annual Report 2024 is available

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Submission instruction ordering biobank information letters and consent forms in a release file

In order to assess whether the donor’s consent covers the proposed research, it is important that all versions of the information letters and consent forms under which consent was obtained are submitted.

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Fees for review as of 1 January 2025

In some situations, fees apply for review of sub-biobank or release files. Effective 1 January 2025, there will be some changes in the fees.

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Instruction for direct use of residual material from routine care

For direct use of (fresh) residual human biological material from routine care in a scientific study, a simplified TCBio procedure is in place provided a set of criteria can be met.

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New Release protocol for research using human biological material

Before use of human biological material, a researcher needs an approval from the Biobank Research Ethics Committee (Dutch: TCBio). As of 1st June, an updated version of the release protocol form is available here. As of 1st September 2022, the new form is mandatory for all requests for research use of human biological material.

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TCBio meeting frequency increased from April 2021

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

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New meeting day and deadlines in 2021

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

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Quality check

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Existing biobanks: Information letter to be changed in connection with the GDPR

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.

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