Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jul 2017
Two recent scientific advances underscore an encouraging future for precision medicine at FDA
11 July 2017 - FDA helps bring precision medicine – in the form of targeted therapies — to people living with diseases that have specific genetic features.
Two recent FDA drug approvals point to an encouraging future for “precision medicine” — an approach for disease treatment that tailors medical therapies, including medications, to the needs of individual patients.
These approvals involve diseases resulting from particular genetic characteristics identified by laboratory testing.
