Personalized medicine is the future of health care

The foundation is in place, but we need more coordinated strategies to become the world leader in this field. Personalized medicine is the future of health care—a win-win for government, industry and Canadians.

Personalized medicine tailors health care to an individual's genomic 'blueprint,' which along with lifestyle and environment, determines the risk of specific diseases and their outcomes, write Philippe Gros and Mark Lathrop. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY PHILIPPE GROS AND MARK LATHROP

February 4, 2019

More than 90 per cent of new pharmaceutical compounds don’t make it out of clinical trials. The stratospheric failure rate, plus the need for rigorous safety regulations, makes drug development expensive—more than $2.8-billion for each new drug, according to some research. It’s small wonder t...

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