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The member states of the European Union are world leaders in the development of biobanking infrastructure to support research, making huge investments each year to support such initiatives.Biobanks collect biological samples and associated data for medical-scienti c research and diagnostic purposes and organise these in a systematic way for use by others. The vision within Europe is to link biobanks together as part of a pan-European infrastructure to support medical research and health care. The long-term growth of the medical  eld of the life sciences within Europe will depend and be accelerated by this investment, which has the potential to lead to innovation in medical research, drug development and health care delivery. However, the governance framework for biobanking needs to be strengthened to adequately support this new infrastructure development.