Commentary & Perspectives
Precision Therapies: The Last Mile
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March 12, 2026
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8 min
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Drug approval does not guarantee timely diagnosis for patients.
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Delays can be over a decade for rare diseases.
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Primary care providers often miss critical symptoms.
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Commercial models focus on physicians, not patient journeys.
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Precision medicine demands timely diagnosis to be effective.
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Machine learning can identify patterns in patient data.
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There is a call for a systems approach to connect patients with appropriate care.
