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tommymac · 03-30-2010, 01:01 PM

I think its like when a drug company has a patent on a drug thye set the price for it. If biotech firm can patent a speciffic gene that causes cancer then they can set the market price for tests/tumor markers they may develop and any future treatments.

03-30-2010, 01:01 PM	#10
tommymac Moto GP Star Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 11,022	I think its like when a drug company has a patent on a drug thye set the price for it. If biotech firm can patent a speciffic gene that causes cancer then they can set the market price for tests/tumor markers they may develop and any future treatments.