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".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.This trend is especially strong in the medical field - gov approval required everywhere, then people wonder why medical things are so damn expansive.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.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.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.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!