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The transformative role of pharmacists in personalized medicine
Saritha Medapati, Vasavi Laveti, Prasanthi Adari, Lankalapalli Sri Sahith and Srinivas Rao Yarraguntla
Year : 2025 | Pages: 377-382
Received on: 10/09/2025
Revised on: 21/10/2025
Accepted on: 15/11/2025
Published on: 30/11/2025
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Saritha Medapati, Vasavi Laveti, Prasanthi Adari, Lankalapalli Sri Sahith and Srinivas Rao Yarraguntla ( 2025).
The transformative role of pharmacists in personalized medicine
. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 10( 6), 377-382.
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Abstract
Emphasis has been placed on "external" factors that affect practice adoption in research about pharmacists' incorporating pharmacogenomics (PGx) testing into their basic care procedures,especially local pharmacies. Other "internal" elements that affect chemists' capacity to do PGx testing, including their opportunities, motives, and capabilities, were examined in this study. The study, titled Pharmacists as Personalized Medicine Experts (PRIME), evaluated semi-structured interview data to investigate the obstacles and enablers of pharmacists integrating PGx testing into primary care practices. The authors determined which TDF domains were most pertinent by means of theme analysis, using the TDF domains as deductive codes. They then used BCW, or the behavioural change wheelto produce sorts of interventionsthat would help with the execution of PGx testing. pharmacists gave a description what influences on their capacity to offer PGx-testing services were their identities and practices as professionalssettings, assurance and attitudes about the advantages of pharmacogenomics. Pharmacists could be trained to handle a higher patient load, assisted in navigating the program andtechnological requirements of the pharmacogenomics service, and had their workflows and documentation requirements streamlined as possible interventions to enhance the Pharmacogenomics service’s implementation. In order to fully address the "internal" issues influencing pharmacists’ capacity to incorporate testing into their practices, further approaches are required as interest in the widespread adoption of pharmacogenomics testing through neighbourhood pharmaciesincreases.
Keywords
Chemists, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacy, Service delivery, Theoretical domains framework.
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