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public policy issues impacting personalized medicine

overviewhealth information technology • intellectual property • regulatory oversightresearch funding and supportpublic and private sector reimbursementprivacy, confidentiality and patients' rightspayer principlesCLIA and genetic testingcomparative effectivenessincentives for personalized medicine

A strong intellectual property system is necessary to stimulate investment in innovation. It is essential that government patent systems offer protection for innovations relating to personalized medicine, as well as high quality patent examination that allows patents of appropriate scope and quality.

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