Personalized Medicine for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

As a result of the rapid progression of the research and development in STEM, Personalized Medicine (PM) has been in the works of modern health settings. However, due to the novelty of PM, its sustainability metrics in global context requires further study. PM provides a holistic approach to healthcare, considering not limited to symptoms, but also individual’s genetic composition, anthropology and ecological factors. The purpose of this systematic literature review is to discern and appreciate existing literature focusing on the connections between PM and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), announced by the UN agreed in 2015 among all 193 member countries. It has been shown that the SDG3: Good Health and Well-Being contributes the most to the SDG index of a country, and also the most significant contributor towards improving other SDGs. Furthermore, this review explores the timely spaces of effective implementation of health policies through multidisciplinary approaches and the potential caveats during such policy execution. For our literature search using several index repositories and snowballing, ("personalized medicine" OR "precision medicine") AND ("sustainable development goals" OR "SDGs") AND ("sustainability" OR "sustainable development") was considered as the search string, and seven publications from 2016 - 2021 were considered. Through this systematic literature review, we hope to demonstrate how PM could be utilized for achieving SDGs.