UBIQUITOUS PHARMACOGENOMICS
The U-PGx consortium will address major challenges and obstacles for implementation of pharmacogenomic (PGx) testing in patient care, taking into account the diversity of healthcare systems and citizens across Europe. Specifically, U-PGx will investigate if the emerging approach of pre-emptive genotyping of an entire panel of important PGx markers is cost-effective and results in a better outcome for patients. With the pre-emptive PGx testing approach data on multiple important pharmacogenes are collected prospectively and embedded into the patients’ electronic record. Typically, it alerts prescribers and pharmacists through electronic clinical decision support systems when a drug is ordered or dispensed for a patient with an at-risk genotype. The new model of personalised medicine through pre-emptive PGx-testing will be conducted at a large scale in seven existing European health care environments (The Netherlands, Spain, UK, Italy, Austria, Greece, Slovenia).
The U-PGx project is funded by the European Community’s Horizon 2020 Programme under grant agreement No. 668353