Rubrik: Analytik
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Wick N | Wick G
The role of pathology for pharmaceutic drug development / Wick and Wick • Pathology in pharmaceutic drug development · Wick N, Wick G ·
1Wick Diagnostics GmbH & Co KG, Innsbruck (Austria) und
2Arthur D. Little Austria GmbH, Vienna (Austria)
Pathology is a diagnostic discipline that significantly instructs practical medicine, with impressive examples being the accurate diagnosis and staging of cancer. Historically, surgical pathology has been dominated by morphological methods. However, the clinical power of molecular information for prognosis beyond staging and for prediction of responsiveness of therapies has recently led to absorption of novel methods from molecular biology and informatics into their discipline [ 1 ]. With drugs designed to target specific molecules rather than just body processes or clinical symptoms, pharmaceutical companies begin to recognize the value of pathologists and their technical portfolio in research, development and commercialization of ...