the New Biobank Act, which replaces the old one from 2003, regulates how samples of identified human biological material are collected, preserved, and used. The old legislation was considered to have many shortcomings, such as As the medical journal reported earlier.
The new law, unlike the old one, focuses on the samples themselves and not on biobanks. How specimens are used is governed more by the purposes than before, when it was more crucial to the business for which specimens were collected.
According to Sonja Eker Waldt, chair of the Swedish Biobank Committee, there are many advantages to the new law. She said the old law required a lot of administration in the health care field because of ambiguity with other legislation Biobank Sweden website, where three experts are interviewed about the new law.
The 2003 law was also not optimal for supporting ethically approved research and clinical trials. During the years of its existence, this problem has been clarified and the new biobank law is designed to address the shortcomings that have been identified, says Sonia Ecker-Falt.
Two new purposes for samples obtained in the field of healthcare have also been introduced into the new law. Samples may also be used for the purposes of “deceased identification” and “patient injury investigation”. Samples may only be used to establish the identity of the deceased when other possible means have been exhausted, according to Biobank Sweden, which published Brief summary of the new law And also holds Free webinars about the new legislation.
The government was also asked, in connection with the decision on the new law, to review the rules for samples taken from people who are unable to make their own decisions. “The purpose of this review shall be to ensure that the law allows specimens to be preserved in certain cases and under certain conditions for use in research while at the same time satisfying satisfactory privacy protections,” it states. Report of the Social Committee.
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