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Yay, Personalized Med ... Medi ... Ugh, We're Running Out of Steam

Aug 09, 2007

This article from VentureBeat says that while we should expect to keep waiting for the much-hyped arrival of personalized medicine, the field has advanced a tiny bit with the FDA's approval this week of a new AIDS drug called Selzentry. Because the drug only works on a specific sub-strain of HIV, it is "one of the first drugs to be paired with a diagnostic test that limits the number of people who can try it, but which also greatly enhances the odds that it will work in those who do," according to reporter David Hamilton.

 

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