Pharmacogenomics

The New Step Towards Improving

Healthcare
What is Pharmacogenomics ?
Pharmacogenomics is the study of how
an individual's genetic inheritance affects
the body's response to drugs. The term
comes from the words pharmacology and
genomics and is thus the intersection of
pharmaceuticals and genetics.
Conti…

Pharmacogenomics holds the promise that

drugs might one day be tailor-made for
individuals and adapted to each person's own
genetic makeup.
Why Do We Need Tailor Made
Drugs???
Did you know?
Over 2 million people are hospitalized each
year for adverse reactions to prescription
drugs.

Every year more than 100,000 people die

from those reactions, making it the sixth
leading cause of death!
ONE SIZE DOES NOT
FIT ALL
Conti…

All individuals have different genetic

makeup so they respond differently to the
same medicine
Environment, diet, age, lifestyle, and state
of health all can influence a person's
response to medicines.
SIMPLE DEFINATION
Using genetic information to predict whether
a drug will help make a patient well or ill.

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HOW PHARMACOGENOMICS WORKS??
Identifying gene sequence variations (SNPs) that
affect drug response

Identifying disease susceptibility genes which

represent potential new drug targets

Identifying gene sequence variations that can cause

adverse drug reactions
Current Impact
Pharmacogenomics broadly adopted in drug
discovery and development phases in the
pharmaceutical industry.

Pharmacogenomics research heavily invested upon

by public and private companies

Pharmacogenomics seen as the future of medicine

so called PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
 FUTURE TRENDZ AND PROSPECTS
1. Point-of-care (Doctor’s office/Pharmacy)
genetic testing
2. Population screening
3. Personal Genomics
4. New Market Trends
5. More business
REFERENCES
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WIKIPEDIA
IGIB