Science Policy Resources and Tools

International

Americas

^*denotes United States Regulations

Europe, Middle East, Africa

Council of Europe Working Document on Research on Biological Materials of Human Origin
US Office for Human Research Protections' Compilation of European GDPR Guidances

Enviro-Bio

The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing - Convention on Biological Diversity

Selected References

Rothstein MA, Knoppers BM (guest eds). Harmonizing privacy laws to enable international biobank research, part I. Special symposium. J Law Med Ethics 2015;43: 673-674
Rothstein MA, Knoppers BM (guest eds). Part II: Harmonizing privacy laws to enable international biobank research. Special symposium. J Law Med Ethics 2016;44:1-172
Tasse A-M, Bledsoe MJ (guest eds). Towards harmonization of the ethical, legal and social issues mosaic-An International Consortium Experience. Special issue. Biopreserv Biobank 2016;14: 193-194.

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