23andMe Granted FDA Authorization for Genetic Test on Cancer Risk

Re:23andMe Granted FDA Authorization for Genetic Test on Can... by ianseyer on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @11:54PM (#16534329)

While I respect the FDAs intentions and notable positive actions, I would like to present several articles from reputable sources describing the FDA as a "revolving door" for various industries - an obvious inlet for corruption, dubious research, delayed actions, etc. As I understand it, this is a well known issue.

I believe it is important to be vigilant and critical when it comes to three letter acronyms.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/28/4956945...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/senators-call-...

https://www.vox.com/2016/9/28/13059538/fda-drug-regulation-r...

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160927/NEWS/160929...

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Re:23andMe Granted FDA Authorization for Genetic Test on Can... by aaavl2821 on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @12:10AM (#16534393)

That is fair and skepticism is warranted. A lot of those links point to one study by vinay prasad, who has a reputation as something of an alarmist. Just want to make sure people don't take that study to definitively claim a trend where none may exisr

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Re:23andMe Granted FDA Authorization for Genetic Test on Can... by ianseyer on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @02:35PM (#16539135)

While you may be right about Vinay Prasad being an alarmist (I have no idea), the second article is actually based on a bill written by 7 senators with (seemingly) no relation to Vinay's work.

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