Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA::GSK will pay the DNA testing company $20 million for non-exclusive access to genetic data.
Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA::GSK will pay the DNA testing company $20 million for non-exclusive access to genetic data.
It’s almost like we all saw this coming when these services started taking off. I’ll never put myself into one, and at least from my best knowledge none of my close family has either
Or maybe we saw it a decade or more ago when Wojcicki literally said this is what she was going to do with everyone’s data? This company had and greed and suspicious practices tattooed to it’s forehead since inception.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2013/06/13/expect-to-see-23andme-ads-as-the-company-tries-to-take-genetic-tests-mainstream/?sh=63184772673d
Well if it helps accelerate the development of life saving medications I suppose it’s the least offensive use of that data.
Much preferred over say insurance companies using it or hostile governments lmao
That’s definitely what this is all about. I know because I heard this in an ad for 23&me
We all know it won’t stop there. Once they have it they’re going to make as much money off of it as possible.
I’m pretty sure insurance companies already have some kind of access to this stuff, despite saying they don’t.