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Regulatory perspectives on pharmacogenomics: a review of the literature on key issues faced by the United States Food and Drug Administration.

Phillips KA, Van Bebber SL

University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. PhillipsK@pharmacy.ucsf.edu

Pharmacogenomics (PGx), the use of genetic information to individualize drug therapy, is an immediate and important application of the Human Genome Project. The advent of PGx presents challenges to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in pursuing its mandate of protecting public health and safety. The authors conducted a review of academic, industry, and government literature using a technology diffusion framework to identify issues faced by the FDA relevant to the application of PGx. Two hundred and ten articles were reviewed. Key issues were categorized as rationale and structure for PGx regulation, regulation of PGx-based testing technologies, regulation of applications in clinical settings, regulation of data, and regulation of product life cycles. This review identifies issues faced by the FDA with respect to PGx, which the FDA is addressing through several initiatives. It also illustrates the complex issues involved in developing, implementing, and adopting new technologies.

Published 2 May 2006 in Med Care Res Rev, 63(3): 301-26.
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