Clinical trial services
The VCB provides biobanking services to clinical trials as a research infrastructure for advancing medical research. This includes processing, storing and cataloguing collected tissue or blood.
Our biobanking facilities are available at Austin Health, Box Hill Hospital (Eastern Health), Royal Melbourne Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Monash Medical Centre (Monash Health), and offer multisite or centralised services.
We are delighted to support any individual study or establish a service agreement with a clinical trial centre. Certain non-interventional clinical research may also be supported, and you can contact us to find out more. Refer to our common services or enquire with us to discuss your biospecimen needs.
Other services
The VCB also provides additional services, including Slide Scanning and Tissue Microarray (TMA) construction, among others. For a detailed overview of our offerings, please refer to the cost recovery schedule.
Cost recovery schedule
| Administration Services |
| Item |
Unit |
Academic |
Partner |
Commercial |
| Letter of Support |
per letter |
Complementary |
Complementary |
Complementary |
| Project Consultation |
N/A |
Enquire |
Enquire |
Enquire |
| Biobanking Consultation |
N/A |
Enquire |
Enquire |
Enquire |
| Service Project, Setup Fee |
per application |
$180 |
$144 |
$900 |
| Service Amendment Fee |
per amendment |
$90 |
$72 |
$180 |
| Service Re-Initiation Fee |
per instance |
$90 |
$72 |
$180 |
| Biospecimen Services |
| Blood Collection |
per collection |
$84 |
$67 |
$168 |
Blood processing
(Plasma or Serum) |
per processing |
$144 |
$115 |
$288 |
Blood processing
(Buffy Coat) |
per processing |
$168 |
$134 |
$336 |
Blood processing
(Plasma+PBMNC) |
per processing |
$240 |
$192 |
$480 |
| Blood processing (Plasma+Serum) |
per processing |
$180 |
$144 |
$360 |
| Blood processing (Plasma+Serum+Buffy Coat) |
per processing |
$216 |
$173 |
$432 |
| Blood processing (Plasma+Serum+PBMNC) |
per processing |
$288 |
$230 |
$576 |
| Blood processing (Plasma+Serum+Buffy Coat+PBMNC) |
per processing |
$330 |
$264 |
$660 |
| Tissue collection |
per collection |
$180 |
$144 |
$360 |
| Pathology Cut Up Fee |
per sample |
$59 |
$59 |
$118 |
| Tissue processing (Snap Frozen Tissue) |
per processing |
$28 |
$22 |
$55 |
| Tissue processing (FFPE/OCT) |
per processing |
$34 |
$27 |
$67 |
| Tissue processing (Snap Frozen Tissue+FFPE) |
per processing |
$60 |
$48 |
$120 |
| H&E slide |
per specimen |
$14 |
$11 |
$21 |
| FFPE Unstained Section |
per specimen |
$14 |
$11 |
$28 |
| Aperio Scanning |
per specimen |
$8 |
$7 |
$17 |
| TMA Construction |
per block |
$3,000 |
$2,400 |
$6,000 |
| Logistics |
| Dispatch (Fresh) |
per processing |
$50 |
$40 |
$100 |
| Storage (LN) |
per box per year |
$84 |
$67 |
$168 |
| Storage (Freezer) |
per box per year |
$48 |
$38 |
$96 |
| Stored Sample Retrieval |
per item |
$2 |
$1 |
$4 |
| Stored Sample Retrieval |
per box |
$48 |
$38 |
$96 |
| Courier |
per shipping |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
Notes:
All quotes are in AUD and exclusive of GST.
Partner rate applies to partners only (e.g. consortium members), please contact us if you are not sure.
Commercial rate applies to any projects that have direct commercial interest.
Listed pricing are for standard products and services as per description, any customisation subject to feasibility assessment and may attract additional charges (e.g. different blood tubes, different processing protocol).
Full fee may be charged for cancellation of Biospecimen services within 12h where resources have been specfically allocated.
Contact us for services not listed to discuss feasibility.