The clinical lab and pharmacogenomics – bridging the last mile
Pharmacogenomics analyses the response of individual patients to a medicinal product, to optimize therapy, obtain maximum efficacy and minimize its side effects. Pharmacogenomics is now increasingly accepted to encompass pharmacogenetics, which focuses only on heritable biomarkers. Unlike the latter, pharmacogenomics also includes the study of proteins and enzymes as biomarkers.The proponents of pharmacogenomics believe it […]
