However, insulin and adrenaline are both used as drugs, i.e. administered to patients. In the case of BRCA1 the subject was the information content of the gene

However, insulin and adrenaline are both used as drugs, i.e. administered to patients. In the case of BRCA1 the subject was the information content of the gene - Myriad asserted, for example, that others could not run tests of a patient's sequence. This is extremely different, as in no case was a physical product at issue - Myriad wasn't in the business of manufacturing BRCA, which would be pretty useless.