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The delivery of more personalized medicinecould be accelerated by addressing the substantial differences in the level of evidence required for the inclusion of pharmacogenetic tests in treatment guidelines, drug labelling and reimbursement schemes compared with that needed for non-genetic diagnostic tests.
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Pirmohamed, M., Hughes, D. Pharmacogenetic tests: the need for a level playing field. Nat Rev Drug Discov 12, 3–4 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd3921
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