BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — Sanford Imagenetics and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have reached a major milestone in their partnership, completing 100,000 pharmacogenomic (PGx) tests for veterans through the PHASER program.
The testing, conducted at Sanford Medical Genetics Laboratory in Sioux Falls, helps clinicians understand how a patient’s genetic makeup may affect their response to common medications.
About 90% of people have at least one gene variation that could impact how they process certain drugs.
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“Since this program launched in 2019, we’ve been able to help health care providers determine which medications and dosing work best for a particular patient’s care plan with the fewest side effects,” said Jessica Aguilar, the vice president of Sanford Imagenetics. “Our team is proud to be part of this initiative and continue to better the lives of the patients we serve.”…