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Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] Devi@beehaw.org 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

People are getting very confused here. You can allow your anonymised data to be used for research. This is not new whatsoever and it's done by consent.

What IS new is that a company (GSK) are about to start using this data. Data that's publicly used already. This may help them to develop some new treatments.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

No no, just repeat after me: "I can say I tOlD YoU So!" You don't want to be caught using anything resembling logic when it comes to pharmaceutical companies.

[–] Devi@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago

God no, only paranoia and doom allowed.