PGX and Insurance

The role of insurance in PGx

The healthcare payor presides over the prescription chain, from the choice of doctor, the type of medication and aftercare. Without the backing of the payor, it will be difficult to develop accepted tools for the whole ecosystem. Implementation of an integrated PGx insurance tool will create an opportunity to align insurer and clinician in the decision-making process to offer the optimal personalised treatment for a patient, while the pharmacy- insurance (reimbursement) relationship can function as a feedback loop to track and avoid prescription errors, occurring due to cost pressure that do not account for variances in the genetic make-up of the insured member.

By leveraging Pharmacogenomics technology healthcare providers can optimise personal treatment by:

PGx improves Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals

Good Health and Well-Being, Reduced Inequalities and Gender Equality as well as the potential for the Reduction of Waste in the healthcare system.

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