Disruptive But Profitable: PricewaterhouseCoopers Projects 11 Percent Annual Growth for Personalized Rx

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December 09, 2009

According to one of the world's largest professional services firms, the trend toward tailoring drugs based on clinical factors and genomic variation will create opportunities and challenges for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates that the market for "a more personalized approach to health and wellness will grow to as much as $452 billion by 2015."

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