The study of how variations in the human genome affect the response to medications is known as?: (A) Pharmacogenomics, (B) Pharmacokinetics, (C) Pharmacotherapeutics, (D) Pharmacovigilance
Answer is A. ANSWER: (A) PharmacogenomicsREF: Goodman and Gillman s 11th edition page 57"Pharmacogenetics is the study of the genetic basis for variation in drug response; it also encompasses pharmacogenomics, which employs tools for surveying the entire genome to assess multigenic determinants of drug response"