title: Role of pharmacogenetics in public health and clinical health care: a SWOT analysis.
abstract: Pharmacogenomics has been lauded as an important innovation in clinical medicine as a result of advances in genomic science. As one of the cornerstones in precision medicine, the vision to determine the right medication in the right dosage for the right treatment with the use of genetic information has not exactly materialised, and few genetic tests have been implemented as the standard of care in health systems worldwide. Here we review the findings from a SWOT analysis to examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats around the role of pharmacogenetics in public health and clinical health care, at the micro, meso and macro levels corresponding to the perspectives of the individuals (scientists, patients and physicians), the health-care institutions and the health systems, respectively.
authors: NUS Graduate School for Integrative Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117456, Singapore.|Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117549, Singapore.
authors: Ritika
authors: R
authors: Kapoor
authors: Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117549, Singapore.|Vigilance and Compliance Branch, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore Ministry of Health, Singapore 138667, Singapore.
authors: Wei Chuen
authors: WC
authors: Tan-Koi
authors: NUS Graduate School for Integrative Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117456, Singapore.|Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117549, Singapore.|Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117456, Singapore.|Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore 138672, Singapore.|Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117546, Singapore.
authors: Yik-Ying
authors: YY
authors: Teo
mesh_terms: D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D005820:Genetic Testing / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D010597:Pharmacogenetics / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D057285:Precision Medicine / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends