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17 Jun 2013, 2:45 pm
Myriad had been sued by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) on behalf of researchers, genetic counselors, patients, breast cancer and women's health groups and medical professional associations representing 150,000 geneticists, pathologists and laboratory professionals. [read post]
26 Apr 2017, 7:15 am
Most Americans likely don’t know that when an individual gets genetic testing, he or she is often unknowingly contributing to a specific laboratory’s database of genetic information. [read post]
13 Jun 2013, 9:03 am by Jason Rantanen
  "Myriad’s principal contribution was uncovering the precise location and genetic sequence of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes within chromosomes 17 and 13. [read post]
16 Jan 2013, 9:30 am by Joseph Allen
Myriad Genetics, while disingenuously labeling the patents at issue as “human gene patents. [read post]
11 Apr 2013, 8:32 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
I was very grateful to have access to the test; my gratitude extended to the laboratory that made the test available to me. [read post]
29 Mar 2014, 11:28 pm by Mark Summerfield
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has concluded that recent decisions of the US Supreme Court relating to patents for genes and for diagnostic methods mean that mixtures of ‘naturally-occurring materials’ are not patent-eligible – at least, not unless one or more of the components has been ‘changed’ in some way from its natural state.The USPTO has published an extensive (93-slide) presentation used for examiner training [PDF, 972KB] on the Supreme Court’s… [read post]
15 Apr 2013, 7:16 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Myriad has a monopoly on BRCA genetic testing in the U.S. and therefore controls the type and price of testing. [read post]
26 Jul 2014, 9:14 pm by Mark Summerfield
Myriad Genetics, Inc, while a corresponding Australian patent came before the Australian Federal Court in Cancer Voices Australia v Myriad Genetics Inc (see Australian Federal Court Declares Isolated Human Genes Patentable). [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 9:26 am
Supreme Court overturned two gene patents belonging to Myriad Genetics. [read post]