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Genetics to Be Studied in Prescribing Drugs

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Aug 19, 2008
        
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Word Count: 326 | Companies Featured in This Article: Medco Health Solutions Pharmacy-benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc. has entered into a partnership with the Food and Drug Administration to study the role of patients' genetic makeup in prescribing medications, a collaboration aimed at expanding the scientific evidence for "personalized medicine." The collaboration deepens Medco's research on pharmacogenomics, in which patients receive genetic testing to determine proper dosages for drugs or to see whether a medicine would... [read full story]                    

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Medco Health Solutions is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to determine how a patient's genes determine reactions to medicine.A pharmacy benefits manager, Medco, will provide information for two years on...

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Medco Announces Research Collaboration with FDA Focused on Personalized Medicine

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Aug 18, 2008
        

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medco Health Solutions, Inc. , the nation's leading pharmacy benefit manager, announced it and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have entered into a research...

                   

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NEW YORK (Reuters)—Medco Health Solutions Inc. will collaborate with the Food and Drug Administration to research the role of genetics in the safety and effectiveness of drugs, the pharmacy benefit manager said Monday. The...

Medco and FDA plan to study genetic testing market (AP)

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Aug 18, 2008
        

Monday August 18, 1:57 pm ET By Marley Seaman, AP Business Writer Medco and FDA will begin two-year partnership to study market for genetic testing NEW YORK (AP) -- Five years after the cracking of the human genome, a U.S....

Medco and FDA plan to study genetic testing market

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Aug 18, 2008
        

NEW YORK - Five years after the cracking of the human genome, a U.S. pharmacy benefit manager is teaming with the Food and Drug Administration to learn more about the market for genetic tests prescription drugs. Medco Health...