check_circle82% of American adults take at least one medication and 29% take five or more. (CDC).

check_circleAdverse Drug Events (ADE) cause over 700,000 emergency department visits each year. (CDC).

check_circleNearly 120,000 patients each year need to be hospitalized for further treatment (CDC).

check_circleOver 100,000 people die each year due to adverse drug events (FDA).

check_circle4th leading cause of death, Ahead of pulmonary disease, diabetes, AIDS, pneumonia, accidents and automobile deaths (FDA).

check_circleADEs cause injuries or death in 1 of 5 hospital patients. (New England Journal of Medicine).

check_circle$3.5 billion is spent on extra medical costs dues to ADEs annually (CDC).

check_circle75% of the US population doesn’t metabolize medications “normally” (FDA)

check_circleApproximately 2.2 million adverse drug events occur annually in the U.S. (CDC)

check_circleThe FDA lists more than 100 drugs that have a Black box warning suggesting a PGX be performed prior to taking (FDA)

check_circle1/3 of all clinically significant drug interactions are caused by drug/gene interactions, not drug/drug interactions (CDC)

check_circleADVERSE DRUG EVENTS ARE PREVENTABLE