A lab that offered BRCA1/2 testing at a price lower than Myriad?

GiseleB

Hi, a few family members and I have gone through the high priced BRCA test from Myriad (not to mention the long wait and the paper work) and was wondering if people would want a lab that an do this test at a much lower price and without the lag time.

Would people want this test at a lower price and with less paperwork?  I certainly would but why hasn't it happened yet?

I know that Myriad has a patent but still... many products has a patent but there is always a way around it.

I felt like I wasted half my life going through this testing and not to mention my wallet..

Gisele

howhm02l

Gisele,



Myriad currently owns a patent on their testing, and it has not been licensed to any other labs. There is a lawsuit that the Supreme Court will hear this term challenging the constitutionality of issuing patents on genes and genetic testing. The decision sould come out likely in April or June.



I had also read that there was a Canadian company that had developed an alternative test.



Heather