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Refining the impact of genetic evidence on clinical success

Eric Vallabh Minikel, Jeffery L. Painter, Coco Chengliang Dong, Matthew R. Nelson

Nature · 2024

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Summary

. In this study we leverage the growth in genetic evidence over the past decade to better understand the characteristics that distinguish clinical success and failure. We estimate the probability of success for drug mechanisms with genetic support is 2.6 times greater than those without. This relative success varies among therapy areas and development phases, and improves with increasing confidence in the causal gene, but is largely unaffected by genetic effect size, minor allele frequency or year of discovery. These results indicate we are far from reaching peak genetic insights to aid the discovery of targets for more effective drugs.

Subject
Other / interdisciplinary
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.1038/s41586-024-07316-0
Catalogue ID
SNmoj1ynsa-97v9n5
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