Personalised Medicine Flashcards
1
Q
What the main aim of Personalised medicine ?
A
predict better -
diagnose earlier -
treat more efficiently
- provide care for the individual person, based on individual data, not probalistic care
- Personalised medicine aims to tailor specific treatments to individuals and improve especially early diagnosis.
2
Q
Cholesterol ? Current Problems
A
For cholesterol, threshold frequencies are 200 and 250 mg/dl. Why? Because we have population data .
While the diagnosis is to some degree at least personalised, the treatment is not.
3
Q
Heart Failure
A
the use of β-blockers was not associated with a lower risk of composite cardiovascular events.”
15-25%
The approval process test efficacy and safety, result evaluation compares groups
- Discovery which takes about 2-10 years
- Pre-clinical testing takes about 3-6 years
- Clinical Testing
- Government
- Production
All this helps test effeiaty and effectiveness in a treatment