Feasibility of Population Genetics & Development of Personalized Medicine in India

26th February, 2013 - Faroe Islands initiates a project to sequence 50,000 citizens which comprises of its entire population to develop better ways to counter ?Carnitine Transporter Deficiency? for which they are highly susceptible. 22nd March, 2013 ? The UK Bio bank teams with Affymetrix to sequence 500,000 citizens to study complex studies in a bid to improve public health Instigated by these events and to improve the standards of public health in India, this whitepaper will discuss the feasibility of preforming population genetics in India. It will also analyze the impact of these trends on future drug development in Pharmaceutical companies and will accordingly help them develop their strategies to develop Personalized Medicine