Progress is being made and appears both sides are satisfied here. DeCode has also applied for a license. Both companies appear to be using a physician for the test results which was at the crux of the matter. We also need more physicians who understand genomics too, and recently DeCode had addressed this issue with their accelerated marketing plan directed towards physicians. No news yet on how New York stands with their decision making processes yet, who have also set rules and denied consumer genetic testing. BD
After sending cease-and-desist letters to a number of companies offering personal-genomics services directly to consumers, the state of California appears to have made peace with at least two of them--Navigenics and 23andMe. Both received licenses this week allowing them to continue to do business in California.
The letters, sent in June by the California Department of Public Health, outlined two main state regulations: laboratories performing tests must be clinically licensed, and a physician's order is required for all clinical tests. (For more on the state's action, see "Genetic Testing for Consumers Scrutinized.")
Technology Review: Blogs: TR Editors' blog: Personal-Genomics Companies Get California License
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