Personalized medicine in drug development
Zhou Hong-hao · Zhongguo linchuang yaolixue yu zhiliaoxue · 2009
Pharmacogenomics has the potential to impact on the drug discovery and development process at many stages.Pharmacogenomic information helps researchers in drug discovery to better identify drug targets and the mechanisms of action of investigational New Chemical Entity (NCEs).Pharmacogenomics-related technology facilitates the removing of unfavorable products at preclinical stages of drug development.It also could guide companies in designing clinical trials that would more definitively confirm drug efficacy,consecutively decreasing the time,costs,and risks of drug development as well.