What are autoimmune diseases?

Autoimmune disease is a condition when the bodys immune system mistakenly attacks its own healthy tissue by producing auto-antibodies. More often, autoimmune diseases affect women compared with men.

What are the common autoimmune diseases?

More than eighty known types of autoimmune diseases affect humans. The most common autoimmune diseases prevalent worldwide are Chrohns disease, ulcerative colitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, myasthenia gravis, Hashimotos thyroiditis, multiple sclerosis, coeliac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, Graves disease, antiphospholipid syndrome, and Sjögrens syndrome.

Who is at risk of autoimmune diseases?

Autoimmune disease can affect anyone of any age. However, women of childbearing age and people with a family history of illness are more likely to develop the illness. Besides, environmental triggers like bacterial or viral infection, UV light, certain chemicals, and medications can also cause autoimmune disease. Furthermore, certain races and ethnicities make people more prone to autoimmune diseases. For example, systemic lupus erythematosus affects African-American and Hispanic people the most.

What are autoimmune disease samples for research?

These are genuine, high-quality human biospecimens of different autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease including Crohns disease and ulcerative colitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, myasthenia gravis, antiphospholipid syndrome, and Sjögrens syndrome collected from clinically confirmed patients from different countries of the world.

Is there any treatment for autoimmune diseases?

Autoimmune diseases are often lifelong conditions with no permanent cure. However, the present treatment focuses on providing symptomatic relief and suppressing autoimmune responses. Doctors generally prescribe anti-inflammatory drugs and immunosuppressants to treat the condition.

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Quality Management

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Our Quality Management System

Cornerstones of our company are high-quality human biological samples and customer satisfaction without compromises. We strive to provide our customers with products and services which meet and even exceed their expectations. For this purpose, Central BioHub has implemented a detailed and transparent quality management system. It sets out a framework defining the entire workflow and allows us to measure our performance. Central BioHub continuously improves and expands their quality standards through regular internal and external audits.

All partners are contractually committed to complying with our standards. Our biospecimen suppliers are validated according to a strict and defined protocol. Here, both the ethical compliance of the specimen collection and the quality management system are inspected regularly to meet our strict criteria. On-site audits at our partner’s biorepository facilities guarantee superior cryopreservation conditions for all specimens to maintain biomarkers for a long time. Continuous digital audits maintain our world-class standards and any deviations are immediately communicated with the biosample supplier.

ISO 9001 Certification

DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 defines the criteria for a coherent and seamlessly working quality management system. It includes a strong customer focus, the motivation and implication of top management, the process approach, and continual improvement. Central BioHub is certified according to ISO 9001. All business units operate in accordance with ISO 9001, which guarantees the highest level of safety and quality to match your products and regulated business areas. The quality manual and the official certification document are available in English and German upon request.

Ethics

We are committed to international ethical standards for all biospecimens offered on centralbiohub.com, independently of which partner is providing the samples. Central BioHub observes the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the Declaration of Taipei as defined by the World Medical Association. Suppliers of Central BioHub are fully committed to strict compliance with the IRB and Ethics Committee (IEC) and all applicable regulations, guidelines, and best practices that meet international policies.

Our ethical requirements to procure human biospecimens:

Specimens for scientific research offered on centralbiohub.de that originate from dedicated specimens collections or clinical remnants have been collected and approved by an IRB/IEC or comparable ethics committee.
For all products obtained from specimen collections for scientific research, informed consent from the donor is available. The submission of the informed consent form is regularly checked by the Central BioHub compliance department.
Clinical remnant samples do not require informed consent from the subject regulating the further use of the specimens (see 45 CFR 46, §46.104 Exempt research, exemption d, 4). Sample-related data is available anonymized or highly pseudonymized so that the possibility of inference from specimen data to an identifiable donor is minimized.

Central BioHub will provide specimen compliance documentation upon request for every biospecimen procurement. Reach out to us for more information on quality management and international regulations by contacting our Compliance department.

What is Central BioHub's Quality Management System based on?

All departments of Central BioHub are working according to a detailed and transparent Quality Management System (QMS) which is in compliance with DIN EN ISO 9001:2015. It includes regular internal audits and on-site inspections at the supplier’s facilities.

Is Central BioHub certified according to ISO 9001?

Central BioHub is certified according to ISO 9001 since July 2022.

What ethical principles does Central BioHub work by?

Central BioHub observes principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, setting ethical principles regarding human experimentation defined by the World Medical Association. Furthermore, it acts in compliance with the Declaration of Taipei which defines applications of health data and biobanks.

What are the underlying ethical conditions of samples offered on Central BioHub?

Specimens derived from dedicated collections and clinical residuals are approved by IRB/IEC or equivalent ethics committee.
Specimens derived from dedicated collections were collected with the informed consent of the donor.
Documentation will be provided upon request.

How is compliance with these principles monitored?

All suppliers are subject to a multi-stage validation process, whereby all required documents are provided. Regular on-site audits at our supplier’s facilities and frequent reviews of legal documents ensure compliance with international regulations.
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