Promosome / GE Healthcare — Shorten cell line development and improve expression efficiencies for broad adoption (bioprocessintl.com)
The lack of consent and information are one side, but in addition to being an invaluable research tool, cell lines are also big business: The global market for cell lines development (which includes cell lines and the media they grow in, and other reagents) is worth around 3 billion dollars, and it's growing fast. (myscizzle.com)