The Burrill Report


The Burrill Report (August 30, 2010): Legislators Weigh Goals of Personalized Medicine Bill (.MP3,16.13 Mb)

When Barack Obama was a junior senator from Illinois he introduced legislation designed to foster the development of personalized medicine. New versions of that bill have followed, but never managed to get out of committee. The latest one, introduced in May, now faces the added dynamic of an emerging controvery over direct-to-consumer genetic tests. We spoke to Dan Vorhaus, editor Genomics Law Report and an attorney with Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson about the legislative efforts, what this latest version of the bill seeks to accomplish, and whether there’s a future for direct-to-consumer genetic tests.

August 26, 2010
http://www.burrillreport.com/article-legislators_weigh_goals_of_personalized_medicine_bill_.html