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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.

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[–] BURN@lemmy.world 70 points 2 years ago (6 children)

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

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

if it helps accelerate the development of life saving medications

LMAO

Goldman Sachs: "Is curing patients a sustainable business model?"

Not if Wall Street has anything to do with it!

[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

If you can keep someone from dying by being dependent on only your medication, you've created a customer for life rather than one who died and didn't give you all their money to live another day.

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