Key points from article :
Drugs can be expensive, difficult to research, hard to get approved.
Most drugs don’t work on large parts of the population.
6 ways big data is helping:
Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program
National Cancer Institute-Molecular Analysis For Therapy Choice (NCI-Match) Trial
Wisdom Study – are mammograms the best way to detect breast cancer
Tanner Project – looking for N’s-of-1
Stand Up To Cancer And Melanoma Research Alliance Dream Team
Arthritis Trials
The study was published in the Nature journal.