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Arrayit President Found Guilty in COVID-19, Allergy Testing Scheme

Arrayit President Mark Schena faces prison for orchestrating an illegal kickback and healthcare fraud scheme, among other things.

Florida Lab Owner Pleads Guilty to $6.9M COVID-19 False Billing Scheme

The owner was accused of bundling COVID-19 testing with other medically unnecessary forms of testing.

CareDx Q3 Revenues Grow 42 Percent; Firm Discloses Investigations by DOJ, SEC

The molecular diagnostics company reported $75.6 million in revenues for the quarter and said testing service revenues rose 46 percent year over year.

Progenity Resolves US DOJ Billing, Past Practice Investigations for $35.8M

Along with the federal settlement, the company will also pay an additional $13.2 million to settle civil claims by different state attorneys general.

Agendia Settles Allegations of Medicare Fraud for $8.25M

The US DOJ alleged that the company conspired to "artificially delay" ordering its MammaPrint test in order to circumvent Medicare's 14-day rule.

Oct 10, 2019

UTC Labs, Principals Agree to Pay $42.6M in PGx Testing Fraud Case

Jul 19, 2019

Myriad Genetics Settles Improper Medicare Billing Complaint for $9.1M

Jul 10, 2019

Former Illumina Accountant Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading

Feb 12, 2019

GenomeDx Biosciences to Pay $2M to Settle Allegations of Improper Medicare Billing

Jul 5, 2018

Reported DNA Testing on Migrants Raises Questions, Concerns
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May 18, 2018

DOJ Investigating Genomic Health for Compliance Issues With Medicare Billing Regulations

Apr 20, 2018

Biotheranostics Settles False Claims Allegations With DOJ for $2M

May 15, 2017

OIG Tracking Fraud, Inappropriate Use Within Rapidly Growing Genetic Testing Industry
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Dec 31, 2015

Pathway Genomics to Pay $4M to Settle Kickback Allegations

Nov 3, 2014

Bio-Rad Resolves Foreign Corruption Investigation; Will Pay $55M to SEC, DOJ

Sep 30, 2014

US Investigation into Agilent's China Operations Concludes Without Actions

Sep 9, 2013

Agilent Investigating Possible Business Infractions in China; Discloses Additional 250 Layoffs

Apr 17, 2013

SCOTUS Justices Struggle to Draw Line between Isolated DNA, cDNA in Gene Patent Hearing
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Aug 22, 2012

Federal Circuit Judges Considered USPTO Policy, Industry Impact in Ruling on Myriad's Gene Patents
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Jul 25, 2012

At Federal Circuit Hearing, Plaintiffs in Myriad Case Fight to Keep Gene Patentability Issue on the Table
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Mar 1, 2012

Bruker Investigation Finds Employees Bribed Chinese Officials

Jan 31, 2012

FIU, Pressure Bio Get $349K in DOJ Funding for Rape Kit Improvement

Apr 6, 2011

At Appeals Hearing, Myriad Outlines Stance on BRCA IP Rights for Whole-Genome Sequencing
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Nov 3, 2010

US DoJ Argues Against Patenting Isolated Genes, But USPTO Will Maintain Status Quo
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Nov 3, 2010

Patents, Regulation, Reimbursement: Myriad Reflects on Impact of Key Events on Future Business
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Nucleotide Base Detected on Near-Earth Asteroid

Among other intriguing compounds, researchers find the nucleotide uracil, a component of RNA sequences, in samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, as they report in Nature Communications.

Clinical Trial Participants, Investigators Point to Importance of Clinical Trial Results Reporting in Canadian Study

Public reporting on clinical trial results is crucial, according to interviews with clinical trial participants, investigators, and organizers from three provinces appearing in BMJ Open.

Old Order Amish Analysis Highlights Autozygosity, Potential Ties to Blood Measures

Researchers in BMC Genomics see larger and more frequent runs-of-homozygosity in Old Order Amish participants, though only regional autozygosity coincided with two blood-based measures.

Suicidal Ideation-Linked Loci Identified Using Million Veteran Program Data

Researchers in PLOS Genetics identify risk variants within and across ancestry groups with a genome-wide association study involving veterans with or without a history of suicidal ideation.