DNAprint Genomics (DNAG)

[mingwan0]

W2P, of course I agree that it is an important (if small) step. Tongue in cheek, let me draw an analogy to the FDA's approach. Suppose hypothetically that a decision was made to completely revamp Presidential election processes and procedures (and supporting technology), and to standardize this approach across states. You could do this in one of two ways: let each state do their own thing for a few elections and try to infer best practice from an analysis of practical experiences, or agree on the best practice upfront in consultantion with concerned parties and then implement this. Now you can argue that there is a longer lead time associated with the latter, but it should result in the benefits of a standard approach being realized earlier. Of course it is not a fair analogy, after all states can't opt out of elections in the same way that big pharma will be be able to opt out of making voluntary genomic data submissions.