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A national infrastructure for biobanking

Biobank Sweden is not a biobank but a national infrastructure for biobanking where healthcare, academia, industry, and patient organisations collaborate to attain good healthcare and research.

Here on our website you can find information and documents regarding how to access samples in Swedish biobanks for research, method development or clinical trials.

Research Guide

In our digital guide you can learn all you need to know about how to apply for biological samples in Sweden.

Clinical trials and performance studies

Information about current regulations and how to apply for samples.

Interview on Digital Biobank Applications: “We are aiming for a partial release in early 2026”

To simplify the process of applying for biobank samples while reducing the number of forms and documents, Biobank Sweden is looking to digitalize the entire application process. We have met with Hanna Fransson, Product Owner of SBR (the Swedish Biobank Registry), who is leading the work of digitalizing the biobank applications. Hello Hanna! How is […]

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Bild på en mänsklig hand vid en bärbar dator. Inklippt porträttbild på Hanna Fransson.

New guide regarding sample handling in national studies

The guide “Sample handling in national studies” is now available for download. The guide contains a schematic overview of important steps for studies wishing to collect biobank samples from multiple locations around Sweden. Biobank Sweden’s Sample Service Coordinators have well-established networks and are familiar with the procedures and services, as well as sample and data […]

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Guide för nationella studier

Form N3 is removed from multi centre studies

After careful considerations, Biobank Sweden’s steering group has decided to remove the form N3. The document has previously been used to report on completed sampling in multi centre studies. It has emerged that these reports constitute an obstacle for both researchers and sponsors, as well as for Regional Biobank Centres (RBCs) and E-biobank managers, who […]

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Why are biobanks so important?

In these interviews, reseachers share their personal reflections on how biobanks aid research and the development of improved healthcare.

Solbritt Rantapää Dahlqvist

Faster treatment for rheumatoid arthritis

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Tove Fall

Biobanks are a prerequisite for biological research

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Jonas Halfvarsson

New personalized treatment for IBD

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Jonas Halfvarson

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