Personalized Medicine Conference 2013

ARROWHEAD PUBLISHER'S 5TH ANNUAL PERSONALIZED MEDICINE CONFERENCE WILL TACKLE THE ISSUES DRIVING AS WELL AS RESTRAINING THE CLINICAL DELIVERY OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE, INCLUDING CODING AND REIMBURSEMENT, THE ECONOMICS OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE AND MEDICARE POLICY.

Key Themes
Clinical Implementation of Personalized Medicine. Speakers and panelists will illustrate how physicians are incorporating genetic data into the treament of various diseases and will discuss what the challenges are in bringing more genetically-guided therapy into the clinic.

Genetic-Guided Drug Development. Speakers and panelists will provide case studies exploring how diagnostics companies/developers of biomarkers and labs are working with drug developers to bring to market new companion diagnostics and targeted therapies to ensure greater efficacy and thus better patient outcomes.

Storage & Utilization of Genomic Data. Next generation, exome, and whole genome sequencing are accelerating the creation of even more data whose use is critical to the growth of personalized medicine. Speakers and panelists will explore clinical, ethical, technological and business strategy issues related to data collection, sharing and use in the context of the growth needs for personalized medicine.

Enforceability of Clinical Implementation. Speakers and panelists will discuss the challenges that still exist in terms of reimbursement of molecular diagnostics and lab-developed tests which help guide personalized healthcare. Insurers and reimbursement experts will present their viewpoints and analysis of emerging policies regarding personalized medicine.