Predictive, preventive and personalised medicine as the medicine of the future: Anticipatory scientific innovation and advanced medical services

Abstract

Depending on innovation in medical services and healthcare systems as a whole, two potential scenarios are considered. A pessimistic scenario considers the pandemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus and the dramatic increase of neurological disorders, CVD and cancer diseases, with severe economic consequences to the society. The optimistic scenario considers integrated concepts of early, so-called predictive diagnostics, targeted preventive measures, and treatments tailored to the person as the future of healthcare. Global research and implementation programs in bio-medicine, communication amongst scientific entities, healthcare providers, policy-makers, educators, and patient organisations, together with consolidation of professional groups in the field of personalised medicine, will play a decisive role in driving the situation towards one of the two scenarios. PPPM concepts aim to promote the optimistic scenario in Europe and worldwide. The long-term strategies of the European Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine towards scientific and technological innovation as well as advanced medical services are described.