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> However, I worry you want 23andMe to independently validate each of these results before informing customers about them. Worse still would be a demand that th
by fedups 13y ago
> However, I worry you want 23andMe to independently validate each of these results before informing customers about them. Worse still would be a demand that the company validate the results with its specific testing kit. It would be cost-prohibitive even for a single company like 23andMe. It would destroy any possibility of competition; even if one company did it, new startups would not be able to.
Looks like a case of the FDA doing what it does best--ensuring the task of medical innovation remains with big pharma, and leaving Americans stunned at the results.
- tokenadult 13y ago23andMe has plenty of money behind it through its investors. 23andMe has been trying to play the game of Big Supp (the "natural supplements" industry, which has billions of dollars of revenue) by trying to imply health claims that it can't back up with evidence. That's nice work if you can get it, but 23andMe doesn't have the same sweeping exemption from regulation that "natural supplement" makers have. http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/new-concerns-about-the-safety-and-quality-of-herbal-supplements/ http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/new-concerns-about-the-s...