# Navigenics

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{{Short description|Personal genomics company}}
{{Infobox company
| name           = 
| logo           = File:Thermo Fisher Scientific logo.svg
| type           = [Public](/source/Public_company) ({{NYSE|TMO}})
| location       = [Waltham, Massachusetts, USA](/source/Waltham%2C_Massachusetts)
| key_people     = Marc N. Casper (President & [CEO](/source/Chief_executive_officer))
| homepage       = [http://www.thermofisher.com/ www.thermofisher.com]
}}

'''Navigenics, Inc.''' was a privately held [personal genomics](/source/personal_genomics) company that used [genetic testing](/source/genetic_testing) to help people determine their individual risk for dozens of health conditions.<ref name="navigenics.com">Navigenics, Inc. [http://www.navigenics.com/about/pressreleases/release/040808-navigenics-launch/ "Navigenics launches Health Compass service."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012051926/http://www.navigenics.com/about/pressreleases/release/040808-navigenics-launch/ |date=2008-10-12 }} Retrieved 2008-10-15.</ref>

== History ==

Navigenics was co-founded in 2006 by [David Agus](/source/David_Agus), M.D., a [prostate cancer](/source/prostate_cancer) specialist who is a professor of medicine at the [University of Southern California](/source/University_of_Southern_California) and director of the USC Center for Applied Molecular Medicine and the USC Westside Prostate Cancer Center in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), and [Dietrich Stephan](/source/Dietrich_Stephan), Ph.D., member of the board of directors of the Personalized Medicine Coalition, current CEO of Silicon Valley Biosystems, former chairman of Neurogenomics and deputy director for discovery research at the [Translational Genomics Research Institute](/source/Translational_Genomics_Research_Institute).<ref>Navigenics, Inc. [http://www.navigenics.com/about/pressreleases/release/110607-navigenics-real-launch/ "Navigenics launches with pre-eminent team of advisors, collaborators and investors."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919145533/http://www.navigenics.com/about/pressreleases/release/110607-navigenics-real-launch/ |date=2008-09-19 }} Press release. (2007-11-06.) Retrieved on 2008-10-24.</ref>

In July 2012, Navigenics was acquired by [Life Technologies](/source/Life_Technologies_(Thermo_Fisher_Scientific)),<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-16/life-technologies-buys-navigenics-for-genetic-diagnostics.html | title=Life Technologies Buys Navigenics for Genetic Diagnostics | newspaper=Bloomberg.com | date=16 July 2012 }}</ref> which was acquired by [Thermo Fisher Scientific](/source/Thermo_Fisher_Scientific) in February, 2014.

== Controversy in California ==

In June 2008, California health regulators sent cease-and-desist letters to Navigenics and 12 other genetic testing firms, including [23andMe](/source/23andMe).<ref>Langreth, Robert. [https://www.forbes.com/2008/06/14/stop-gene-testing-biz-healthcare-cz_rl_0614genetest.html "California Orders Stop To Gene Testing."] Forbes. (2008-06-14). Retrieved on 2008-10-15.</ref> The state regulators asked the companies to prove a physician was involved in the ordering of each test and that state clinical laboratory licensing requirements were being fulfilled. The controversy sparked a flurry of interest in the relatively new field, as well as a number of media articles, including an opinion piece on Wired.com entitled, “Attention, California Health Dept.: My DNA Is My Data.”<ref>Goetz, Thomas. [http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/attention-calif.html "Attention, California Health Dept.: My DNA Is My Data."] Wired Blog Network. (2008-06-17). Retrieved on 2008-08-27.</ref> In August 2008, Navigenics and 23andMe received state licenses allowing the companies to continue to do business in California.<ref>Pollack, Andrew. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/business/20gene.html?partner=rssnyt "California Licenses 2 Companies to Offer Gene Services."] New York Times. (2008-08-19). Retrieved 2008-10-15.</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120216025722/http://www.navigenics.com/ Official Navigenics site] - Archive.org version from 2012

Category:Genomics companies
Category:Biotechnology companies of the United States
Category:Health care companies based in Massachusetts
Category:Companies based in Waltham, Massachusetts

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