Biology:Pharmacodiagnostic testing

From HandWiki
Pharmacodiagnostic testing
Medical diagnostics
Purposepre-treatment testing

Pharmacodiagnostic testing is pre-treatment testing performed in order to determine whether or not a patient is likely to respond to a given therapy. This type of test is classified as a predictive test and is a prerequisite for the implementation of stratified and personalized medicine.[1]

References

  1. Jørgensen JT. Are we approaching the post-blockbuster era? – Pharmacodiagnostics and rational drug development. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2008; 8, 689-695.