The Health Department of the Catalan Government has authorized the constitution and the activity of the "http://www.vhir.org/serveis/biobanc/presentacioplataforma.asp?Idioma=en&mv1=3&mv2=8&mh1=3&mh2=8&mh3=1&mh4=1&ms=0" HUVH Biobank managed by Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR). With this indefinite authorization, the bank of biological samples is conformed to The Biomedical Research Law 14/2007 and the Royal Decree 1716/2011 which regulates the proper collection, storage and use of biological samples of human origin, and promotes their use for biomedical research by following good ethical and scientific practices.The aim of HUVH Biobank is to make available to the scientific community the biological material necessary for research in optimal conditions to ensure competitiveness and research excellence. It offers advisory services to VHIR and HUHV groups on methodological, ethical and legal aspects related to the use of the samples in biomedical research, a registry service of HUVH collections approved by the HUVH Ethics Committee of Clinical Research, and a material transfer service for the samples of research projects on the different HUVH collections (Tumor bank, Fetal Tissue Bank, Pediatric Endocrinology Bank and IMID-biobank).HUHV biobank is led by Dr. Santiago Ramon i Cajal and supervised by an External Scientific Committee and the HUVH Ethics Committee of Clinical Research.