> optimal VBIAS was cca 1V above value stated by Panasonic in datasheet (5.8V for VDD=10V)
I forget the internal details, but I think that if N and P devices were perfectly matched, the optimum would be half-supply.
N and P are never perfectly matched. This varies from batch to batch and from maker to maker. When making logic chips, the match can be pretty sloppy, since logic signals always slam the rails and should change so fast that the threshold is passed-through very quickly. BBD are made on (old) DRAM process but rewired and re-specified as analog memory shift-register. As long as the "center" voltage is not real close to either rail, you can trim the bias, and it is fine.