Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
of Genetic Testing
in the USA
• Background
Genetic Exceptionalism
Scope: Laboratory versus Care Providers
Advisory Committees
• Current Oversight
Role in research and test development
Role in laboratory practice
Role in access and reimbursement
Role in surveillance
• US Advisory Committees
Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS)
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC)
Current Oversight
Research and Development
• Research Phase
Gene – Disease association (FDA, NIH)
Prototype/design (FDA design control)
Preclinical development (FDA IDE)
• The Clinical Utility of selected genetic tests has been reviewed by the
CDC (Evaluation of Genomics Applications in Practice and
Prevention (EGAPP), the NIH Collaboration, Education, and Test
Translation (CETT) program, and the US Preventive Services Task
Force.
Oversight
Future Activities
gastrointestinal disease
heart disease / stroke
myocardial infraction
athletic performance
periodontal disease
hemochromatosis
glaucoma / AMD
metabolic health
Type 2 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes
general nutrition
multipe sclerosis
bipolar disorder
pregnancy loss
drug response
celiac disease
HIV response
cystic fibrosis
osteoporosis
fetal gender
Parkinson's
thrombosis
narcolepsy
skin profile
RPL (FVL)
Alzheimer
addiction
infertility
asthma
obesity
arthritis
cancer
23andMe X X X X X X X X X X X
Acu-gen Biolabs X
Consumer Genetics, Inc. X X
CyGene Direct X X X X X
DeCode X X X X X X X X X X X
Dermagenetics X
DNA Direct X X X X X X X X X
G-nostics X
Genelex X X X X X X X X
Genetic Health X X X X X X X
Graceful Earth X
Health Check USA X X X
Health Tests Direct X X X
Holistic Heal X
MediChecks X X X
Medigenomix X X X
My Genome X X X X X X
Navigenetics
Psynomics X
Quixtar - Interleukin Genetics X X
Salugen X X
Scientific Match X
Sciona X X X
Smart Genetics X
Suracell X
Dr. Kathy Hudson, Genetics and Public Policy Center, Johns Hopkins Univ., USA
Oversight must be Global