From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRCA1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRCA1 "The first evidence for the existence of such a gene was provided by Mary-Claire K

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRCA1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRCA1 "The first evidence for the existence of such a gene was provided by Mary-Claire King's laboratory at UC Berkeley in 1990. Four years later, after an international race to find it, the gene was cloned in 1994 by scientists at University of Utah, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and Myriad Genetics." Myriad Genetics are the sole licensee of the patent. They weren't solely responsible for it's discovery, or successful cloning. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriad_Genetics#BRCA1_co-discoverers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriad_Genetics#BRCA1_co-disco...: >BRCA1 co-discoverers National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) University of Utah Research Foundation Université Laval/Endo Research – Quebec The Hospital for Sick Children – University of Toronto University of Tokyo Myriad Genetics, Inc. >BRCA2 co-discoverers University of Utah Research Foundation The Hospital for Sick Children – University of Toronto University of Pennsylvania Myriad Genetics, Inc. The research was done by many organisations, not just "companies", and was done with no guarantee of profit. There are some researchers who are actually altruistic, and believe in medical progress to save lives.