Sociedade Brasileira De Bioetica - Sbb

What Sociedade Brasileira De Bioetica - Sbb does

Sociedade Brasileira de Bioética (SBB) is a Brazilian non-profit civil society organization and learned society founded in 1995 that serves as the country's leading professional association for bioethics. It aggregates individual members from diverse scientific and humanistic disciplines — including medicine, law, philosophy, nursing, and public health — and supports their work across hospital bioethics committees, research ethics committees (CEPs) within the CEP/CONEP system, animal ethics commissions, teaching, and academic research. SBB has been institutionally embedded in Brazil's bioethics regulatory architecture since 1996 and maintains formal relationships with CONEP, CNEcv (Portugal), UNESCO's Redbioética, and Brazil's Supreme Court (amicus curiae admissions).

SBB operates as a subscription-based membership organization with five tiered annual dues ranging from R$60 (patient/research participant representatives) to R$380 (licensed professionals), with intermediate tiers for graduate students (R$160), undergraduate students (R$120), and technical/administrative staff of CEPs and bioethics committees (R$100). It has approximately 7 employees, regional chapters in Bahia, Santa Catarina, and Rio de Janeiro, and a national headquarters in Vitória, Espírito Santo. The society is governed by an elected board on two-year terms; the current 2025-2027 board is led by President Marisa Palacios.

The organization's go-to-market is event-driven and community-led: member acquisition flows through major bioethics congresses (e.g., the XVI Congresso Brasileiro de Bioética), webinars, working groups, and an active digital presence via YouTube and Instagram. SBB produces guidelines for hospital bioethics committees, technical opinions on legislation such as Lei 14.874/2024, and operates multiple working groups on research ethics, environmental bioethics, healthcare bioethics committees, education, communication, and bioethics & justice. It co-organizes international events with partners including the Japan Association for Bioethics, UNESCO's Redbioética, Faculdade de Direito de Vitória (FDV), and Rede Direct, and participates in broader coalitions such as Frente pela Vida. Revenue is generated entirely through recurring annual membership dues; there are no commercial products, software platforms, or enterprise contracts.

Name

Sociedade Brasileira De Bioetica - Sbb

Legal name

Sociedade Brasileira de Bioética

Website

https://sbbioetica.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sociedade Brasileira de Bioética (SBB) is Brazil's leading non-profit professional association for bioethics, founded in 1995. It aggregates individual members across medicine, law, philosophy, and nursing through five tiered annual dues (R$60-R$380), supporting research ethics committees, hospital bioethics committees, and policy advocacy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Membership Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Health, Health Promotion & Behavior Change (SBCC) (BPADAIAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Research Administration & Compliance (Sponsored Programs, IRB/REB) (EDADAKAH)

Keywords

• Bioethics professional association
• Research ethics committees
• Healthcare bioethics guidelines
• Bioethics education events
• Bioethics policy advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Vitória

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Annual Membership Dues: SBB generates revenue primarily from annual membership fees charged to individual members. Membership is offered at five tiers targeting distinct professional categories (professionals, graduate students, undergraduate students, technical/administrative staff of ethics committees, and patient/research participant representatives). Fees range from R$60 to R$380 per year depending on membership category.

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Go-to-market motion2 records

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Core offering

SBB is a membership-based professional association for bioethics in Brazil, offering tiered annual memberships to individuals (professionals, graduate students, undergraduate students, ethics committee staff, and patient/research participant representatives), educational webinars, an annual national congress, regional chapter activities, working groups, and institutional representation on bioethics policy. It also publishes guidelines, technical opinions, and manifests, and is regularly admitted as amicus curiae before Brazil's Supreme Court on bioethics-related cases.

Product overview

Sociedade Brasileira de Bioética (SBB) is a professional association and learned society, not a product company. It does not offer a commercial product or software platform. Its activities include organizing webinars, publishing news and guidelines, hosting events and congresses, providing educational resources, and offering membership services for bioethics professionals.

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Products and services

• Individual Membership (5 tiers) Annual individual membership of the Sociedade Brasileira de Bioética, offered in five tiers targeting distinct professional categories: licensed professionals (physicians, researchers), postgraduate students, undergraduate students, technical/administrative staff of CEPs and Bioethics Committees, and representatives of research participants and patients. Members gain access to events, webinars, publications, working groups, and institutional representation.
• Working Groups (Comissões e Grupos de Trabalho) Thematic SBB working groups that members can join to collaborate on specific bioethics issues, including Research Ethics, Environmental Bioethics, Healthcare Bioethics Committees, Education, and Communication. Groups are formalized through official institutional acts and produce guidelines, position papers, and event programming.
• Brazilian Bioethics Congress (Congresso Brasileiro de Bioética) Biennial national congress organized by SBB to bring together professionals, researchers, and students across bioethics disciplines for academic exchange, paper presentations, and policy dialogue.
• Bioethics Guidelines and Technical Notes Guidelines, technical notes, position papers, and institutional acts published by SBB on bioethics topics, including the establishment and operation of healthcare bioethics committees, research ethics, and public policies. Available through the SBB website and distributed to members.
• Webinars and Continuing Education (Questão de Vida series) Live and recorded webinars, virtual events, and the 'Questão de vida' series hosted on SBB's YouTube channel, covering clinical bioethics, research ethics, AI in medicine, public health policy, and environmental bioethics. Open to members and the broader professional community.

Quantifiable outcome

• The book 'História da Bioética no Brasil' by SBB member Diego Carlos Zanella and Dirce Bellezi Guilhem was named finalist of the 1st Prêmio Jabuti Acadêmico (2024), category Ciências Biológicas, Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia

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Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered major, minor and core.

• NUBEA UFRJ (Núcleo de Bioética da UFRJ)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 February 2025SBB's Rio de Janeiro regional chapter (SBB-RJ) partnered with NUBEA UFRJ to host the webinar 'Comitês de Bioética Hospitalar e na Atenção Primária' on February 19, 2025. The event was broadcast via NUBEA UFRJ's YouTube channel.
• Faculdade Baiana de DireitominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 September 2024SBB/BA's I Seminário de Bioética was held at the Auditório da Faculdade Baiana de Direito on September 28, 2024. The event was supported by the institution's Graduate Program in Medical Law, Health and Bioethics.
• Rede Direct (Direito, Regulação e Tecnologia)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 September 2024SBB co-organized the III Seminário Internacional Estado, Regulação e Transformação Digital (September 2024) with Rede Direct and FDV. The event addressed public policy, vulnerabilities, climate change, and bioethics.
• Faculdade de Direito de Vitória (FDV)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 September 2024FDV was the host institution and co-organizer (alongside SBB and Rede Direct) of the III Seminário Internacional Estado, Regulação e Transformação Digital, held at FDV's premises in Vitória, Espírito Santo.
• CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 September 2024CAPES, Brazil's Higher Education Personnel Improvement Coordination agency, was listed as a supporting institution for the III Seminário Internacional Estado, Regulação e Transformação Digital.
• PUCRS (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 September 2024Partner institution in the III Seminário Internacional Estado, Regulação e Transformação Digital, co-organized by SBB.
• CESMAC (Centro de Estudos Superiores de Maceió)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 September 2024Partner institution in the III Seminário Internacional Estado, Regulação e Transformação Digital, co-organized by SBB.
• UNIVEL (União Educacional de Cascavel)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 September 2024Partner institution in the III Seminário Internacional Estado, Regulação e Transformação Digital, co-organized by SBB.
• Japan Association for Bioethics (JAB)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2024SBB was a co-organizer and supporter of the international event 'The 2024 Declaration of Helsinki: Taking Forward Bioethics and Human Rights', held on August 5 and 26, 2024. The event was organized by JAB with support and co-organization from SBB. SBB representatives (Elda Bussinguer, Dirceu Greco, Diego Zanella, Fernando Hellmann) participated on the panels.
• Comissão Nacional de Ética em Pesquisa (CONEP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2024CONEP is Brazil's National Research Ethics Commission. SBB has a deep institutional relationship with CONEP dating back to the creation of the CEP/CONEP system in 1996. SBB is advocating for its inclusion in the new Instância Nacional de Ética em Pesquisa (INAEP) created under Lei 14.874/2024.
• Conselho Nacional de Ética para as Ciências da Vida (CNEcv)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPortugal's National Council of Ethics for the Life Sciences. Listed as a partner on SBB's official website homepage, indicating ongoing institutional cooperation and mutual participation in bioethics events and declarations.
• Centro Brasileiro de Estudos de Saúde (Cebes)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA leading Brazilian public health association. Listed as a partner on SBB's homepage. Both organizations participate together in the Frente pela Vida coalition and share positions on public health policy and bioethics.
• Rede UnidamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA network of health and social care institutions in Brazil. Listed as a partner on SBB's homepage. Collaborative relationship in public health and bioethics events and advocacy.
• Frente pela VidamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA broad coalition for public health and democracy in Brazil, of which SBB is an active member composing its operative national body. SBB President Elda Bussinguer participates in Frente pela Vida events and assemblies.
• Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (Abrasco)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrazil's leading public health association. Listed as a partner on SBB's homepage. Both organizations co-participate in advocacy coalitions (Frente pela Vida) and academic events.
• Núcleo de Estudos sobre Bioética e Diplomacia em Saúde (Nethis)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA research nucleus focused on bioethics and health diplomacy. Listed as a partner on SBB's homepage, indicating institutional cooperation in bioethics research and international health policy.
• Cátedra UNESCO de Bioética (UnB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNESCO Chair in Bioethics hosted at the University of Brasília (UnB). Listed as a partner on SBB's homepage. The Cátedra and SBB cooperate on bioethics education, research, and public policy.
• Cátedra UNESCO de Bioética e Saúde Coletiva | Cátedra Giovanni Berlinguer (UFSC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Collective Health (Cátedra Giovanni Berlinguer) hosted at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). Listed as a partner on SBB's homepage.
• Plataforma Lusófona de BioéticamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) platform for bioethics under the auspices of CNEcv. Listed as a partner on SBB's homepage, facilitating cross-border bioethics collaboration among Portuguese-speaking countries.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (Abrasco): Brazil's leading public health association and SBB partner. Comparable as a Brazilian member-based scientific society active in the same public health, SUS, and Frente pela Vida coalition spaces.
• Rede Unida: Brazilian network of health and social care institutions partnered with SBB. Comparable as a domestic membership-style network engaged in public health and bioethics education.
• Centro Brasileiro de Estudos de Saúde (Cebes): Brazilian public health study center and SBB partner. Comparable as a Brazilian civil society organization engaged in public health policy and ethics advocacy.

Broad incumbents

• International Association of Bioethics (IAB): Global bioethics learned society comparable to SBB but operating internationally. Comparable membership-based model and role convening bioethics scholars and policy work.
• European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME): European network of medical ethics centres. Comparable as a bioethics convening organization focused on research ethics and clinical ethics at multi-country scale.
• Redbioética UNESCO: UNESCO's Latin American bioethics network. Direct peer as an international, institutional bioethics body that SBB partners with and that operates at a broader regional scale.
• Nuffield Council on Bioethics: UK-based independent bioethics body. Comparable mission of producing policy guidance and convening bioethics deliberation, with stronger resources and global profile.
• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH): Largest U.S. professional society in bioethics and humanities. Comparable membership and interdisciplinary model, but operates at significantly greater scale and resources.

Direct peers

• Japan Association for Bioethics (JAB): National bioethics association of Japan and a direct institutional partner of SBB. Closely comparable as a single-country professional bioethics society hosting conferences and policy engagement.
• Conselho Nacional de Ética para as Ciências da Vida (CNEcv): Portugal's national bioethics council and a listed SBB partner. Direct peer as a Portuguese-speaking national bioethics institution with overlapping advisory and policy roles.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/sbbioetica
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sociedade-brasileira-de-bioetica---sbb

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