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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Cancer group loses Federal Court bid against human gene patent (Myriad/BRCA) - The Australian



Cancer group loses Federal Court bid against human gene patent | The Australian

 "Cancer Voices Australia brought the case as it believed Myriad Genetics Inc, which owns the patent on the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 linked to breast and ovarian cancer had an unfair monopoly on a naturally occurring gene.
It’s the first time the validity of genetic patents has been tested in an Australian court....

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