Singapore has a chance to shine in precision medicine
Existing research capabilities and support for new startups can drive growth in this field
IMAGINE if the medicine prescribed to you could be tailored to your genetic makeup. This would prevent instances of drugs having no effect – or worse, making you sicker.
With precision medicine, this is not merely a matter of imagination. Nalagenetics, a spin-off of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star), aims to do just this.
The company is working with the National University Hospital and Raffles Medical Group on something called “pre-emptive pharmacogenomics”. This involves understanding a patient’s genomic profile and cross-checking it with biomarkers, to pre-emptively flag any issues with medication.
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