Anyone working in healthcare or drug discovery has undoubtedly heard about personalized medicine. Its most common definition is “the right drug for the right patient in the right dose.” This refers to a future day when all healthcare decisions will be based on each person’s genetic profile. For sure, this will have implications for medicinal chemistry and drug discovery: How to choose targets and design drugs for a population of patients with a specific genetic profile?

This one day symposium of six plenary lectures, oral communications and a poster session will cover various aspects of personalized medicine.