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Current PharmacoGenomics
Current PharmacoGenomics
Current PharmacoGenomics
Department Of
Bio-Informatics
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• 4% of bed occupancy - directly due to ADRs
Remove:
(1) non-responders
(2) toxic responders
Treat:
Responders and Patients
Not Predisposed to Toxicity
Which is more urgent?
Efficacy:
“Guidance for
Industry: Pharmacogenomic Data
Submissions”
http://www.fda.gov/cber/gdlns/pharmdtasub.ht
“Pharmacogenetics
Towards improving treatment with medicines”
Toxicity No Effect
Oops!
Too Much Too Little
No effect
Toxicity
Increase dose
Decrease dose or change drug
or change drug
Drug Pharmacokinetics
Depression
The most prevalent affective
disorder:
10%-20% of the population
Or maybe by 2050?