It's no gold rush, but dozens of players are emerging in personalized medicine, with biotechs, big and small, leading the way. Some big pharma companies and even payers remain skeptical, but economics aside, the real winners will be patients.
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In the version of this article initially published, Table 1 (page 510-511) contained two errors. In the entry for Agendia, the product Mammaprint was described as providing information on chemotherapy options for breast cancer patients. In fact Mammaprint is a prognostic test. In the entry for Genomic Health, the product Oncotype Dx was described as providing information on breast cancer recurrence. Oncotype DX also provides information on the response to chemotherapy.
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Allison, M. Is personalized medicine finally arriving?. Nat Biotechnol 26, 509–517 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0508-509
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