Personalized Medicine and Technology Transfer

Abstract

There is a growing importance of the personalized medicine approach regarding not only the future development of society but also the economy growth of every country. The personalized medicine approach presents an important innovation regarding the improvement in the health care and quality of life that result in the reduction of diseases and in economic benefits. The personalized medicine concept primarily involves an individual approach to the patient according to the assumption that the disease is treated on the basis of the patient’s specific individual needs. A consensus between the industry and society, or respectively all relevant stakeholders (patients, medical professionals, researchers, health care planners, etc.), has a crucial role in supporting this approach. The success of the personalized medicine concept depends on understanding the different multidisciplinary approaches and available data and knowledge and transferring this knowledge to the patients and the whole community. Innovation, technology transfer process, marketing and process management, along with quality scientific research and economy power are the basis for the future development and sustainability of the personalized medicine concept. The holistic approach to the personalized medicine emphasizes the technology transfer concept in biomedicine. Thus, technology transfer is a solution for the antagonism between research and development on one side and commercialization of personalized medicine on the other.