Pharmacogenomic-guided prescribing uses genetic data to protect patients from dangerous toxicities and get them the right drug at the right dose from the start.
Publication|Articles|October 14, 2026
- Fall 2026
- Volume 20
- Issue 2
The Power of People
Author(s)Troy Trygstad, PharmD, PhD, MBA
Fact checked by: Tracy Ann Politowicz
In an era of rapidly evolving technology, we remain in a people-powered world.
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From the mid-1700s through the 1800s, humans discovered the ability of machines to do what only human hands or hands aided by animals could do. Mass production brought a higher standard of living to most, and unprecedented wealth to a few who harnessed the awesome power of scale. By the early 1900s, Henry Ford’s assembly line brought about interchangeable parts, and the foreboding maxim “Sell to the classes, eat with the masses. Sell to the masses, eat with the classes.”
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