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A Reversal on Sequencing? Proposed Legislation Would Allow Patenting of Naturally Occurring Genes

FDA Law Blog

By 2010, about 2000 isolated human genes had been patented in the U.S. In 2010, the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), among other organizations, brought suit against Myriad Genetics, challenging the validity of the company’s patents on the BRCA 1/2 genes. Cook-Deegan et al.