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Pharmacy benefit managers, pharmacies, and pharmacogenomic testing: prescription for progress?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20702854     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Few would argue that the ability to match individual patients with the safest and most effective drugs and doses would be a major advance for clinical medicine. But while clinicians have been reluctant to routinely use pharmacogenomic analyses to guide their prescribing practices, pharmacy benefit managers and drugstores are proceeding with major pharmacogenetic initiatives.
Authors:
Eric J Topol
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Science translational medicine     Volume:  2     ISSN:  1946-6242     ISO Abbreviation:  Sci Transl Med     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-12     Completed Date:  2010-11-22     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101505086     Medline TA:  Sci Transl Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  44cm22     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Scripps Translational Science Institute, Scripps Health, The Scripps Research Institute, and West Wireless Health Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. etopol@scripps.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Humans
Individualized Medicine / economics,  trends
Pharmacies / trends*
Pharmacists / trends*
Pharmacogenetics / economics,  trends*
Pharmacy Administration
Physician's Practice Patterns
Prescriptions / economics

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