This rapidly growing field marries bioinformatics and pharmacology and represents a transformative new era of precision medicine and highly personalized treatments.
As the industry moves towards more personalized medicine, pharmacogenomics could play a key role in keeping patients healthier longer and in getting them viable treatments for their unique genetic profile.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Leveraging a precision prescribing platform with embedded genomic analysis will help physicians improve care and reduce costs by providing valuable information to inform mental health medication choices that can deliver treatment success for their patients from the start.
Prescribers need a pharmacogenetics knowledge base to determine a safe and effective medication and dosage for their patients, but they also need pharmacogenetics test information to be easily accessible, interpretable and meaningful.
The test, which the company will sell directly to consumers, is designed to find whether patients metabolize drugs quickly or slowly.
AltheaDx has raised significant funds to further its personalized medicine platform led by WuXi Healthcare Ventures.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
A lot of the discussion around personalized medicine focuses on surviving cancer or other scary illnesses. In my experience, people need as much help with dying as they do with surviving. Any change – more hospice programs, better pain management, more informed patients, more honest doctors – that can make it easier for elderly or […]
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