Better Drugs Through Diagnostics

The genomics revolution may not have ushered in the age of personalized medicine the way healthcare experts predicted, but innovative diagnostics keep pushing the industry toward the ideal of the "right drug for the right person at the right time." o­ne company that exemplifies that model is CeMines, a Colorado-based enterprise with an impressive, noninvasive cancer diagnostic in development. The product, which uses molecular fingerprinting to test blood samples, has had a 100 percent accuracy rate for every trial conducted. It not o­nly determines-even in early stages-if a patient has cancer, but provides guidance for which type of treatment will work best.

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Pharmaceutical Executive, Feb 1, 2004 .
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