Te, Fan Chien2019-09-252019-09-252011-03-032010-071173-2571http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/176613After more than five years in effort, Taiwan Biobank development has found its first morning light. On 7 January 2010, the crucial legislation of Human Genetic Data Protection Act (HGDPA) was passed in the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan. It entered into force on 3rd February. It‘s been the major break-through since Taiwan government started her move to pursue a large scale population-based genetic database development in 2004. The project was part of Taiwan‘s national research program to promote Taiwan as ―An Island of Biomedicine.‖ In the past 5 years, the project was kicked off by a Feasibility Study, followed by a four-year term Pilot Study. Now, the year 2010 will be the end of the Pilot Study. Hopefully, the real Biobank development will be initiated soon subject to the provisions of HGDPA.engWith permission of the license/copyright holderGood governancemedical lawBioethicsMedical ethicsHealth ethicsArticle