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Managing The Innovation Supply Chain To Maximize Personalized Medicine., Scott A. Waldman, Andre Terzic
Managing The Innovation Supply Chain To Maximize Personalized Medicine., Scott A. Waldman, Andre Terzic
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Faculty Papers
Personalized medicine epitomizes an evolving model of care tailored to the individual patient. This emerging paradigm harnesses radical technological advances to define each patient's molecular characteristics and decipher his or her unique pathophysiological processes. Translated into individualized algorithms, personalized medicine aims to predict, prevent, and cure disease without producing therapeutic adverse events. Although the transformative power of personalized medicine is generally recognized by physicians, patients, and payers, the complexity of translating discoveries into new modalities that transform health care is less appreciated. We often consider the flow of innovation and technology along a continuum of discovery, development, regulation, and application …