title: How Biobanks Are Assessing and Measuring Their Financial Sustainability.
abstract: As guest editors of this sustainability issue of Biopreservation and Biobanking focused on business planning, utilization, and marketing, we invited a number of experts from different sectors of the biobanking arena to provide their views on business planning issues. Each expert was asked to provide a brief background statement on their biobanks, to build a context to understand their answers to the sustainability questions. We hope that these insights and experiences can provide valuable considerations and ideas for other biobanks who wish to develop or refine their own business plans, measure their utilization rates, and work toward financial sustainability. In addition, after the expert input was gathered, the guest editors invited an additional expert to provide summary comments and observations on cost and operational optimization strategies. The broad experiences from all of the experts included and scope of the biobanks they represent should provide a level of relevant representation for all interested parties.
authors.affiliation: 1 Asterand Bioscience , Royston, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom .
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: 2 OHSU Knight BioLibrary, Oregon Health & Science University/Knight Cancer Institute , Portland, Oregon.
authors.forename: Devon D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, Canada .
authors.forename: Suzanne M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Vercauteren
authors.affiliation: 4 Sir Alister Hardy Foundation For Ocean Science (SAHFOS) , Plymouth, United Kingdom .
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: 5 ASKION GmbH , Gera, Germany .
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Werner
mesh_terms: D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000191:economics*; D003132:Commerce; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D040541:Marketing; D010934:Planning Techniques