Biosample Archiving

BioServices division wins contract to establish NIDDK biosample repository

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, February 9th, 2004

McKesson Corp. announced that its bioservices division of McKesson Health Solutions has signed a 5-year, 100% federally funded, $7 million contract with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to operate a biosample repository.

The NIDDK conducts and supports much of the clinical research on the diseases of internal medicine and related subspecialty fields.

Many of the clinical studies funded by the NIDDK collect biospecimens from subjects for analysis and store the samples for future study in a study-specific repository. The collection of these patient and control samples from many different studies into a single...

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