A lay prescription for tailor-made drugs--focus group reflections on pharmacogenomics

Anna Birna Almarsdóttir; Ingunn Björnsdóttir; Janine Morgall Traulsen

doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.08.010

A lay prescription for tailor-made drugs--focus group reflections on pharmacogenomics

Anna Birna Almarsdóttir, Ingunn Björnsdóttir, Janine Morgall Traulsen

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Abstract

This study explores the lay view of pharmaceutical research and development--specifically pharmacogenomics. Forty-two persons participated in eight focus groups in Iceland. Participants were asked to comment on a future scenario consisting of predictions made by researchers concerning the consequences of the Human Genome Project over the next 40 years, and asked to give advice to politicians and the pharmaceutical industry. A dominating theme in the focus groups was the expectation that drugs developed based on pharmacogenomics will be more expensive than conventional mass produced drugs and concerns were voiced that this new technology would lead to inequalities locally and globally.

Original language	English
Journal	Health Policy
Volume	71
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	233-41
Number of pages	9
ISSN	0168-8510
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.08.010
Publication status	Published - Feb 2005

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Drug Industry
Female
Focus Groups
Humans
Iceland
Male
Middle Aged
Pharmacogenetics
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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