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			<title>Genetic tests moratorium for UK insurance renewed again</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2011/#story_8110</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The UK&amp;rsquo;s approach to genetic testing and insurance appears to be functioning well, with insurers not apparently thirsting for genetic information about applicants in order to inform decision making. Of course, this relates to life insurance as opposed to health insurance, which is a key focus  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Australian private insurer offers half-price genome scan</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2010/#story_5258</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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In a controversial move that has re-ignited debate about the possibility of unfair genetic discrimination, the Australian insurance company nib is offering half-price genome scans from the US direct-to-consumer company Navigenics (see New Scientist). The company uses whole genome profiling technol ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Ban on direct-to-consumer genetic tests in Germany</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2009/#story_4562</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Germany has passed a new law significantly limiting the use of genetic tests, according to recent reports in the media (see Deutsche Welle and Associated Press). &amp;nbsp;Under this new legislation, genetic tests can only be carried out by a licensed doctor following the patient&amp;rsquo;s consent, making ... ]]></description>
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			<title>HGC advocates legal ban on 'genetic discrimination'</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2007/#story_3772</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The UK&amp;rsquo;s Human Genetics Commission, which advises the Government on scientific advances in genetics, and in particular on their ethical, legal and social implications, has published its response to the Discrimination Law Review&amp;rsquo;s consultation on proposals for a Single Equality Bill for G ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Lone Senator blocks US Genetic Nondiscrimination Act</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2007/#story_3613</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Nature magazine reports that a single US Senator, Republican Tom Coburn, has blocked the Genetic Information Nondscrimination Act that is currently before the US Congress [Wadman M (2007) Nature 448(7154):631]. The Act proposes that there should be a ban on use of genetic information in connection w ... ]]></description>
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			<title>US moves closer to prohibiting genetic discrimination</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2007/#story_3295</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ On April 25th, the US House of Representatives passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 (GINA) &amp;nbsp;with a 420-3 majority in favour. The Senate has yet to approve the Act, but is likely to do so; there have been two previous attempts to introduce legislation to prevent genetic d ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Genetics and Insurance Committee publish their 5th Annual report</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2007/#story_3290</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Genetics and Insurance Committee, the non-statutory advisory body with a remit to scrutinise how genetic tests are used and evaluated by the insurance industry, published their 5th annual report on 23rd April 2007. As the report acknowledged, &amp;lsquo;2006 has proven to be a relatively quiet year  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>US Congress tries again to propose genetic discrimination legislation</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2007/#story_3042</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The US House of Representatives has introduced legislation aimed at protecting individuals against potential genetic discrimination in the areas of employment and the provision of health insurance. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 (H.R. 493) was introduced in the House earlier t ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Latest Eurobarometer shows public trust in medical and industrial biotechnologies</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2006/#story_2540</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Eurobarometer 2005 survey shows that there is widespread public support for medical (red) and industrial (white) biotechnologies, while there is opposition in most European countries to agricultural (green) biotechnologes, such as genetically-modified (GM) food (see news article). The survey, ta ... ]]></description>
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			<title>US report on genetic testing services and reimbursement</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2006/#story_2494</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The US Health and Human Services Secretary&amp;#039;s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and Society (SACGHS) has released a report, Coverage and Reimbursement of Genetic Tests and Services. SACGHS provides policy advice to the NIH Department of Health and Human Services on the complex medical, ethi ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Call for restrictions on workplace genetic testing in Germany</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2005/#story_1949</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Debate over the genetic testing of employees continues in Germany with the release of recommendations by the German National Ethics Council, a government advisory committee, proposing that a new law be created to protect employees from genetic discrimination (see BMJ news report). Obligatory genetic ... ]]></description>
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			<title>German government drafts legislation to allow genetic tests in employment</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/10/2004/#story_1418</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ As part of a package of measures addressing genetic engineering and biotechnology, the German government has drafted legislation to allow employers to require job seekers to take genetic tests. This move has raised concerns with the German National Ethics Council which worries that this could take G ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Health economists argue that insurers should see genetic test results</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2004/#story_1319</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Health economists from the University of East Anglia have argued in The Lancet [Raithatha, N. and Smith, R.D. (2004) Lancet 363, 395-396] that insurers should have access to the results of genetic tests so that they can fairly determine insurance premiums. The authors contend that genetic tests, whe ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Genetics and Insurance Committee publishes second report</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2004/#story_1268</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ GAIC, the Genetics and Insurance Committee, has published its second report covering September 2002 to December 2003. This is their first report since being reconstituted with an extended remit. The committee’s main role over the last year has been “…to make decisions on the validity of using predic ... ]]></description>
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			<title>US Senate passes bill outlawing “genetic discrimination”</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/10/2003/#story_1194</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ After seven years’ negotiation, the United States Senate has unanimously passed The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 2003. This Act, which must also be passed by the House of Representatives before it becomes law, prohibits the use of genetic information by insurers or employers. “Genetic i ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Australian inquiry on genetic information publishes final report</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/06/2003/#story_1163</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Australian Law Reform Commission and the Australian Health Ethics Committee recently published a comprehensive report on the protection of human genetic information in Australia. The culmination of a two-year inquiry, the 1200-page report, entitled &quot;Essentially Yours&quot;, covers a wide range of con ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Council of Europe consultation on human genetics</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2003/#story_1151</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A Working Party on Human Genetics, under the auspices of the Council of Europe, has produced a draft version of a proposed Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, and is requesting comments on it. The draft text (see also explanatory notes) deals with “applications of  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>EU ethics group advises against use of genetic testing in the workplace</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2003/#story_1173</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), which advises the European Commission, has published an Opinion on Ethical aspects of genetic testing in the workplace. The group&amp;#039;s report considers three aspects of the use of genetic tests in this context: testing to predict  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>US expected to ban use of genetic tests by insurers and employers</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/06/2003/#story_1166</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The US Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions has approved a bill that would prohibit insurers from using genetic test information in deciding whether to offer insurance coverage to an applicant, or in setting premiums (see news item in Washington Post). Employers would not be allo ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Australian inquiry on genetic information issues detailed proposals for discussion</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2002/#story_1087</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Australian Law Reform Commission and the Australian Health Ethics Committee are currently conducting an inquiry into the protection of genetic information. Following the publication of an “issues paper” in October 2001, the inquiry held a series of public meetings, discussion sessions and interv ... ]]></description>
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