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18 June 2015AmericasStephen Smith

Right drug for the right patient

It is estimated that 30% of treatments in late-stage clinical development rely upon biomarker data and that perhaps as many as 70% of all treatments currently in development have an associated companion diagnostic test. Turn on the television and you may even see an advertisement from companies such as 23andMe offering a kit to provide genotype information on different health conditions and traits for little more than £125 (it costs $99 in the US).

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