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Drug development in the era of precision medicine

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Dugger, Sarah A., Platt, Adam, Goldstein, David B.·2018·Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

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For the past three decades, the use of genomics to inform drug discovery and development pipelines has generated both excitement and scepticism. Although earlier efforts successfully identified some new drug targets, the overall clinical efficacy of developed drugs has remained unimpressive, owing in large part to the heterogeneous causes of disease. Recent technological and analytical advances in genomics, however, have now made it possible to rapidly identify and interpret the genetic variation underlying a single patient's disease, thereby providing a window into patient-specific mechanisms that cause or contribute to disease, which could ultimately enable the 'precise' targeting of these mechanisms. Here, we first examine and highlight the successes and limitations of the earlier phases of genomics in drug discovery and development. We then review the current major efforts in precision medicine and discuss the potential broader utility of mechanistically guided treatments going forward.

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Authors
Dugger, S. A., Platt, A., & Goldstein, D. B.
Affiliations
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
  • AstraZeneca (United Kingdom) (GB)
Corresponding author
Goldstein, David B.
Venue
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
Published
2017-12-08
Volume
17
Issue
3
Pages
183-196
ISSN
  • 1474-1776 (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-1784
OpenAlex
W2773309042
Cited by
493
References
167
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (TL1TR001875)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM007088)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmacology › Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
Keywords
precision medicine, drug discovery, rare genetic disorders, genetic variation, therapeutic target, disease heterogeneity
MeSH terms
Drug Development, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Humans, Neoplasms, Genomics, Rare Diseases, Precision Medicine

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