Roche Holding

Roche Position1 on Human Specimen Resources (Biobanks)
Background
Scientific progress in recent years has helped shed light on the interplay between
biomarkers,
in
particular
genes,
and
environmental
and
lifestyle
factors.
This
knowledge, coupled with advances in genomics and in bio-informatics, enables
researchers
to
better
understand
complex
diseases.
In
order
to
gain
such
understanding, researchers need to examine large quantities of data and human
specimens.
This has led to the widespread...