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May 16th, 2013
10:55 PM ET

Company fights to keep monopoly on breast-cancer gene

Angelina Jolie revealed this week that she decided to get a double mastectomy after taking a genetic test - a test that only one company in the U.S. can offer.

And that monopoly has created a controversy that's gone all the way to the Supreme Court.

CNN's Poppy Harlow is Outfront with the story.


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