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Charles Dunlop, the CEO of Ambry Genetics, one of the firms being sued by Myriad, called the decision “exhilarating.” He said in a statement that “competition stemming from a free market drives all of us to improve and ultimately increases patient access to life-changing information.”
In his decision, Judge Robert Shelby took issue with Myriad’s patenting practices in general. He wrote that “the practical result of Myriad’s patents has been to hinder or halt follow-up research, data sharing, patient testing, and the creation of additional and more affordable technologies for BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing.” Myriad spokesman Ron Rogers told Bloomberg News that “Myriad did not block or hinder research; in fact that opposite is true. A strong patent system made that all possible.”
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