Comment on "myriad Genetics: In the eye of the policy storm"

Luigi Palombi*

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    Abstract

    From the late 1980s, a storm surrounding the wisdom, ethics, and economics of human gene patents has been brewing. The various winds of concern in this storm touched on the impact of gene patents on basic and clinical research, on health care delivery, and on the ability of public health care systems to provide equal access when faced with costly patented genetic diagnostic tests. Myriad Genetics, Inc., along with its subsidiary, Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc., a small Utah-based biotechnology company, found itself unwittingly in the eye of this storm after a series of decisions it made regarding the commercialization of a hereditary breast cancer diagnostic test. This case study examine the background to Myriad's decisions, the context in which these decisions were made and the policy, research and business response to them.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)471
    Number of pages1
    JournalGenetics in Medicine
    Volume12
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jul 2010

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