On Tuesday, October 7, at 6 pm, Pau Riera, hospital pharmacist and researcher at IR Sant Pau within the Genetic Diseases group, will give a talk at the Navas Civic Centre entitled ‘When the efficacy and toxicity of a treatment depend on your genes’.
It is well known that medicines do not work the same for everyone, but do you know why? Genetic factors are decisive in the response to drug treatment and explain much of this variability between individuals.
In this talk, we will explore the clinical relevance of pharmacogenetics, the discipline that studies the influence of DNA variations on drug response and toxicity.
Furthermore, we will look at some examples that have already been implemented in hospitals and which contribute to progress towards increasingly personalised medicine, leading to a more effective and safer use of medicines.
Address: Ptge. Torent, 1, 08027 Barcelona
Time: 18:00 h – 19:00 h
