2019-05-12 by Quick Biology Inc.
Precision medicine is a new way of practicing medicine. Based on the individual genetic, environmental or even behavioral characteristics, doctors will provide specific strategies for target therapies and diagnosis for each patient (Figure 1). NGS allows rapid and accurate sequencing of many genes at once, this cutting-edge technology revolutionizes the field of genomics and medical diagnosis. In April 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized a guidance document, to accelerate the establishment of a regulatory approach for next generation sequencing (NGS) test in clinical practice (Figure 2).
Figure 1: Precision Medicine: Right Drug-Right Patient-Right Time (image source: cancer.gov)
Figure 2: Streamlining FDA’s Regulatory Oversight of NGS test (image source: fda.gov)
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See resource:
NCI: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/precision-medicine
FDA: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/vitro-diagnostics/precision-medicine