FDA Warning Letter to 23andMe
As usual, the government is trying to meddle with companies. Read the letter, but make no mistake - the "kind" tone, especially when reminding how they did they best to get in touch, have meetings, help insuring compliance etc. is just a decoy. The truth is with "must immediately discontinue marketing the PGS".<p>The gov wants to decide what's best for the people. Should the people decide differently, using their wallets for example, this anomaly will be quashed.<p>This trend is especially strong in the medical field - gov approval required everywhere, then people wonder why medical things are so damn expansive.<p>I use 23andme and I'm happy with the information provided. I know it's not reliable - it's not a lab test anyone will use to base important decisions on, since it is not a full sequence of genes.<p>Yet, by being commercially available and easy to use, it is paving the way for commercial offers of full genome sequencing, which I damn well intend to use when they reach the $500 threshold.<p>However, gov actions like this one may very well make that impossible, making sure the only full genome sequencing offers there will be will be "FDA cleared" at a huge markup.<p>Suggestions to "medical" like companies - get out the gov eye. Move your business to Asia, the caribbean or wherever the gov will not get in your way like this. I want to keep using (and recommending) your products!