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WHAT IS FINBB?


WHY WAS FINBB ESTABLISHED?

Finnish Biobank Cooperative – FINBB was established in 2017 as part of the
implementation of Finnish National Health Sector Growth Strategy to build an
internationally high-standard biobank network in Finland. The Strategy is a
joint program implemented by three ministries, and it aims for expertise-driven
improvement of citizens’ health and well-being, for example, by using the
possibilities created by the advancement of science and technology.


FINBB'S MISSION

FINBB's mission is to enhance the competitiveness of Finnish health and
biomedical research by providing researchers a centralized access the
collections and services of the Finnish biobanks and their background
organizations. FINBB's activities create value for its members and owners by
providing services at the national level.

FINBB aims to harmonize the common infrastructure, functions and practices of
public biobanks. The goal is also an effective cooperation with various centers
of expertise, such as the Cancer and Neuroscience Center and the future Genome
Center and Drug Development Center.

"Our mission is to build the world's best biobank network in Finland."


CORE VALUES

The core values of biobank operations are the protection of the sample donor's
privacy and rights, trust, transparency and cooperation, accessibility,
people-centeredness, innovativeness and continuous learning. 


FINBB'S NETWORK


FOUNDING PARTNERS

FINBB is a cooperative founded and owned by:


SIX LARGEST HOSPITAL DISTRICTS

 * Central Finland, Helsinki and Uusimaa, Northern Osthrobothnia, Northern Savo,
   Pirkanmaa and Southwestern Finland


SIX UNIVERSITIES

 * Universities of Eastern Finland, Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Oulu, Tampere, and
   Turku


THE STATE

 * Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)




BIOBANKS


MEMBER BIOBANKS

FINBB has eight member biobanks:

 * Six regional hospital biobanks: Auria Biobank, Biobank Borealis of Northern
   Finland, Central Finland Biobank, Biobank of Eastern Finland, Helsinki
   Biobank, and Finnish Clinical Biobank Tampere

 * Arctic Biobank at University of Oulu

 * National-level THL Biobank


OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BIOBANK NETWORK

In addition to the FINBB member biobanks, Blood Service Biobank and FHRB
Biobank belong the Finnish biobank network. Terveystalo Biobank is a
collaborator of the network.


FINNGEN RESEARCH PROJECT

FinnGen research project is a unique public-private collaboration that joins the
Finnish biobanks together in generating a vast amount of genome data from up to
500,000 (every 10th Finn) biobank samples by 2023. All sample-related genome
data generated in the project will return to the originating biobank where it
can be combined with deep phenotypic data and be further utilized in subsequent
biobank projects.

FINBB has been an official FinnGen partner as of August 2020. One of the main
tasks of is the coordination of Fingenious®ecosystem that evolves from
the FinnGen program and its results. The goal is to coordinate long-term
biomedical research activities by generating FinnGen spin-off studies and to
create more business opportunities in Finland.


NATIONAL COORDINATOR OF BBMRI-ERIC


Since January 2020 FINBB has been the national coordinator of the European
biobanking research infrastructure BBMRI-ERIC (Biobanking and BioMolecular
Resources Research Infrastructure — European Research Infrastructure Consortium
Infrastructure). FINBB was appointed to this role by Ministry of Education and
Culture. The Coordinator of the Finnish national node is Marco Hautalahti, CEO
of FINBB, and Vice Coordinator is Professor Tarja Laitinen.

All Finnish biobanks are involved in biobank network activities. In addition to
the eight FINBB member biobanks, also Blood Service Biobank and FHRB
Biobank (The Finnish Hematology Registry and Clinical Biobank) belong the
network. Terveystalo Biobank is a close collaborator of the network.

The shared vision of the network is to create a next-generation sustainable
biobank network that enables the implementation of individualized and preventive
medicine both in Finland and internationally as part of the BBMRI-ERIC
infrastructure consortium.

Link to BBMRI-ERIC website
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