On Thursday 14th May, Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney TD, launched the Report of the Expert Group on a National Cancer Biobank which recommends the establishment of an Irish national cancer biobank. The Report sets out the Expert Group’s vision of a working national cancer biobank and is informed by the views of stakeholders, as recorded by a national stakeholder consultation process which took place from March to May 2008. It also includes an implementation strategy outlining the necessary steps which must be taken in order to develop a plan for the implementation of the national cancer biobank.

For more information and to download a copy of the report please visit the HRB website