Law and Economics of Personalized Medicine

Dr. Karin Bosshard wrote this book during her time with a globally leading management consultancy where she was working as a strategy consultant. The author is currently working at an international pharmaceutical and diagnostics company and is a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen.

• Overview of terminologies used in the context of personalized medicine.- Description of personalized medicine’s impact on the healthcare landscape.- Identification and analysis of the institutional barriers to the translation of personalized medicine into clinical practice.- Analysis of institutional barriers to the translation of personalized medicine in Switzerland.- Identification and evaluation of institutional levers to foster the translation of personalized medicine into Swiss clinical practice.