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TRANSVERSAL PLATFORMS

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Pulmonary Biobank Consortium

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To help CIBERES groups in their research work, there are a number of transversal sup-
port platforms:

National Networking Biobank for Respiratory Diseases
Scientific Director
The Pulmonary Biobank Consortium (PBC) was created in 2009 to promote research in
Dr. Germn Peces-Barba
respiratory pathologies and related diseases by means of supplying samples and data
Manager
to any (national or international) investigator requesting them. This initiative is spon-

Dr. Cristina Villena
sored by the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias

(CIBERES), in which there are 10 participating hospitals from 4 autonomous communities
(Hospital U. 12 de Octubre, Hospital U. de Getafe, Fundación Jiménez Díaz-Capio, Hospital

Clnic, Hospital U. Germans Trias i Pujol, Hospital U. de Bellvitge, Hospital del Mar, Hospital
U. de Tarragona, Consorcio Hospital General U de Valencia and Hospital U. Son Espases),

coordinating their activity in Hospital Universitario Son Espases (Balearic Islands).

Providing well-characterized human biological samples to any investigator with a fund-
Purpose
ed project to promote translational research in respiratory pathologies and related
diseases.

The PBC’s networking work is a result of the specific circumstances of the entity that
Vision
creates it, strengthening multicentre collaborations and reinforcing participation in
strategic initiatives to cover unmet and necessary needs in high-level national and

international corporate networking projects.

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The PBC’s operation is certified as it meets the requirements of ISO standard 9001:2008, R
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and its activity is registered in the ISCIII National Biobank Registry (B.0000471), pass- E
ing its yearly external audits and evaluations.
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The PBC is organized like a consortium of hospital entities coordinated by the ES
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CIBERES for the organization, management and harmonization of clinically well- B
characterized samples. All this activity was agreed on and put into writing in col- CI

laboration agreements with the participating entities. Furthermore, the entire sample

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and clinical information collection system has been organized by means of creating