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Sternberger-Rützel E | Daffner R | Urbanetz N
What Does Individualized Medicine Mean in Drug Product Development and Manufacturing? / Sternberger-Rützel et al. • Individualized Medicine · Sternberger-Rützel E, Daffner R, Urbanetz N ·
1Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH, Allmersbach im Tal und Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH, Pfaffenhofen
Individualized medicine in a broader sense goes far beyond selecting the right drug substance for the right patient based on the results of companion diagnostics testing. It means customizing the treatment of a disease to the patient’s individual needs. As diseases are complex [ 1 ] and patients are diverse in terms of how they react to the treatment [ 2 , 3 ], those needs are defined not just via the patient’s genome, proteome and metabolome or the tumor’s molecular properties but also via factors like the patient’s physiology and pathophysiology as well as his mental condition, age, gender, ...