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]
| Pharmacodiagnostic testing | |
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| Purpose | pre-treatment testing |
References
edit- ^ Jørgensen JT. Are we approaching the post-blockbuster era? – Pharmacodiagnostics and rational drug development. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2008; 8, 689-695.
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