title: Genomics and proteomics: the next generation of health care.
abstract: Biotechnology research will dramatically impact health care, and the pharmaceutical industry in particular, in the coming decade. Health outcomes may be improved in a cost-effective manner through the ability to selectively prescribe medications; safer, more effective treatment may reduce long-term health care costs. As genetic testing becomes the standard of care, new challenges will surface around how genetic information will be used or misused, and how and where health care dollars are spent.
authors.affiliation: Aon Consulting's, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Joanne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sica
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D005820:Genetic Testing; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D036103:Nanotechnology; D009480:Neuropharmacology; D010597:Pharmacogenetics; D040901:Proteomics; D014481:United States