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title: "What are the differences between \"personalized medicine\" and \"precision medicine\"?"  
description: "What are the differences between \"personalized medicine\" and \"precision medicine\"?"  
author: "Andy Simon"  
published: 2018-03-09  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37834/what-are-the-differences-between-personalized-medicine-and-precision-medicine  
category: "drug"  
tags: ["drug development"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What are the differences between "personalized medicine" and "precision medicine"?

What are the [differences](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/300750/what-is-the-link-between-resting-metabolic-rate-and-basal-metabolic-rate) between "[personalized medicine](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/112540/how-are-bioinformatics-and-big-data-revolutionizing-personalized-medicine)" and "[precision medicine](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/341711/the-hardest-scientific-journey-from-molecule-to-medicine)"?


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