Personalized Medicine will create many answers and solutions in healthcare, but will we have the money to afford it? I post quite a bit about genomics and personalized medicine on the blog here and the one thing it has in common with the rest of healthcare is cost. The success of personalized...
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on 11-14-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, personalized medicine, healthcare, Medical Records, FDA, integration, CMS, Leavitt
The American Medical Association administration recommends that genetic testing be carried out under the personal supervision of a qualified health care professional, but the lines get a bit gray in between what is actual clinical credible data and what is still science. Education of both the physicians...
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on 11-04-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, personalized medicine, Genomics, healthcare, Science, AMA, DNA Testing, Sequencing, Lab Tests, genetic counselors
This is a genomics blood test that takes about 6 weeks to run and get the results. The test will identify the specific gene mutation and help with treatment plans and add more input on whether or not family members might be as risk as well. BD NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Clinical Data...
As the article states, you don’t need marketing for cancer drugs, as the need is unfortunately already there, thus marketing for cancer drugs does not necessarily carry the same sales expense as do other drugs. We have all seen the “tiered plans” on what level drugs are listed with insurance coverage...
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on 10-13-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, personalized medicine, Genomics, health insurance, Pharma, Prescriptions, Cancer, R and D, Science 2.0
From Harvard, the goals to help educate both the public and physicians on personal genetics. You can also reference some prior posts with relative information here . Further reading here will help distinguish the difference as to what is on the market today and what you can expect from various...
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on 09-13-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, personalized medicine, Genomics, Harvard, DNA Testing, Patients, Physians
Everyone is waiting to see what CMS decides to do. Recently in the UK in London there are plans to open clinics just for this purpose and after the initial clinic more are to follow, so how we handle it in the US, everyone is waiting to see. BD September 9, 2008 | Payers, physicians, and...
We all recently heard about the warning letters sent from the state of California to firms selling online personal DNA sequencing over the Internet, and requiring a physician’s prescription for the service. One company DeCode, has taken the letter to heart and is revising their marketing plant...
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on 07-12-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, personalized medicine, DNA, Genomics, Sequence, Pharmacogenomics, Diagnostics, CPT, DeCode