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Gene therapy development in Europe brings layers of liability risks

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The investments in Advanced Medicinal Products (ATMPs) that use gene therapy, somatic cell therapy, and engineered tissues for preventing, treating, or curing human diseases probably represent the biggest innovation in the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Delivering Breakthrough Treatments Affordably

Editor’s Note: In a recent webinar, Manatt Health’s Anthony Fiori, Senior Managing Director, and Alex Dworkowitz, Partner, hosted a panel of innovative thought leaders—including Dr. Sanjiv Shah, Chief Medical Officer of...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

California Governor Signs the Genetic Information Privacy Act

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On October 6, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA). This follows Governor Newsom’s veto of an earlier version of the bill almost exactly one year ago. ...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Epigenetic Changes Implicated in Age-related Diminution in Vision and Its Possible Reversal

The Fountain of Youth -- an enduring aspiration, particularly as the ravages of age reduce human faculties prior to leading inexorably to death.  Reduction in sight is the human faculty that can have the greatest effect on...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Neanderthal-specific Variants in Sodium Ion Channel Gene Associated with Sensitivity to Pain in Modern Humans

Over the past decade, genetic archeology has revealed two branches of the human family tree, one known since the 19th Century (the Neanderthals) and the other more recently discovered (the Denisovans, an Asian relative of the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Inherited Neanderthal Gene Encodes Genetic Risk for COVID-19

Svante Pääbo created the science of detecting Neanderthal DNA in archeological samples (and living humans) almost single-handedly (see Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes).  So it will come as little surprise to many...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Consumer-Facing DNA Testing Company Suffers Data Breach

Last week, Veritas Genetics, a consumer-facing DNA testing company, suffered a security breach affecting customer information in its database. Veritas offers whole-genome sequencing to consumers for $599. The security...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Bioethicists "Urge Maximal Transparency" in Response to 23andMe Patent

Last week, we discussed a patent, recently issued to 23andMe, Inc., that has created some controversy. The patent, U.S. Patent No. 8,543,339, is directed to a system for identifying a preferred gamete donor from among the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Authors of Genome Medicine Article Form Genetic Testing Company

In a paper published in March in the journal Genome Medicine, Dr. Jeffrey Rosenfeld of the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey and Dr. Christopher Mason of Cornell University contended that due to the...more

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