Personalizing Precision Medicine: A Global Voyage from Vision to Reality
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (684 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1118792114 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
She reviews the full continuum of personalizing precision medicine, including diagnostics, therapeutics, big data, supportive care, regulation, and reimbursement and innovation in precision medicine worldwide.• Combines a unique cross section of history, current technologies, and future directions for how precision medicine has and will affect people worldwide• Reviews precision medicine around the world, including the US, China, Japan, the Middle East, India, Europe, and Latin America• Discusses a number of diseases areas – cancer, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, infectious disease, pain, immunology, rare diseases• Includes information and quotes from over 100 interviews with key industry experts in biotech, pharma, informatics, diagnostics, health providers, advocacy groups, and more.• Includes stories illustrating current issues and future promises in precision medicine for a human touch. The author uses decades of experience and interviews with experts in precision medicine to explain past, present, and future of precision medicine
In this book, both the science and the human impact of precision medicine are united in a single, approachable volume.Based on the author’s decades of experience in precision medicine, research into the evolution of the field, and over 100 interviews with industry leaders, physician thought leaders, and patients and their caregivers, the book highlights the triumphs and challenges of personalizing precision medicine on a global scale. From the Back CoverPersonalizing Precision Medicine dives into the dynamic world of precision medicine and how it has evolved under the influence of the researchers, physicians, companies, payers, and patients who are translating vision to reality. Each aspect of t
. Kristin Ciriello Pothier is the Global Head of Life Sciences for the Parthenon-EY practice of Ernst & Young LLP. She is a noted speaker, workshop leader, and writer in life sciences. She earned an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Smith College and a graduate degree in Epidemiology, Health Management, and Maternal and Child Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. She is also a clinical laboratory and life sciences innov