No govt permission, but 2 foreign firms collected Indians’ genome data

Two biomedical companies from the US and Singapore carried out a major study involving genetic data of more than 15,000 Indians without mandatory clearances from the government, a section of Indian scientists have alleged, seeking a probe into the ep…

Carried out by New York-based Regeneron and Global Gene Corporation (now known as Anuva), Singapore, the research was presented at a scientific conference in Los Angeles in late October. Samples were drawn from Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh,…

But the Union government, responding to an RTI query, categorically denied giving permissions to the two companies to collect gene data. Every foreign project involving Indian human biological material requires permission from the Health Ministry’s …

“No proposal from any Indian investigator from Regeneron Genetics or Global Gene Corp Pvt Ltd was submitted to HMSC,” the Indian Council of Medical Research, which acts as the technical arm for the HMSC, said in a RTI response. The council said neit…

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