Genetic Testing Firm

Genetic testing firm 23andMe cuts 40% of its workforce amid financial struggles

Company says it will cut about 200 employees as value plummets in aftermath of huge data breach. The genetic testing firm 23andMe said on Monday it would cut about 40%, or 200 employees, from its ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

23andMe succumbs to a dismal genetic destiny

Was it nature or nurture? In the unhappy case of a DNA testing company and its sliding share price, the answer is both

Business - Financial Times - October 16

CVC seeks €700mn for its Italian pharma outsourcer Genetic

Private equity group hires advisers from Rothschild to help it sell majority stake

Business - Financial Times - 5 days ago

23andMe customer? What to know about the privacy of your genetic data.

Concerns about 23andMe's business prospects is raising questions about the genetic testing company's customer data.

What 23andMe business troubles could mean for users' genetic data

The company is laying off 40% of its workforce and discontinuing its therapeutics division.

UN summit agrees deal on genetic data but fails on wider finance to protect nature

Pharma and agritech groups among those expected to make payments for information drawn from the living world

Business - Financial Times - November 2

Mass production of genetically selected humans: inside a Pennsylvania pronatalist candidate’s fantasy city-state

Simone Collins espouses a philosophy in which voting rights would be linked to people’s contributions to society. When Simone Collins, a Republican running for a seat in Pennsylvania’s state ...

World - The Guardian - November 3