In the case of biobank bankruptcy, the current legal framework is not suitable to protect the rights of research subjects. In the paper we identify such a gap in protection and suggest some remedies to address it.
Ducato, R., Perra, S., & Zuddas, C. (2014). The legal fate of biobanks between privacy, IPRs and crisis of a firm. A preliminary study on the case of “bio-bankruptcy” . Revista de Derecho y Genoma Humano, 41, 89-102. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/64105 (Original work published 2014)