What did PricewaterhouseCoopers estimate to be the value of the personalized medicine industry in 2009?

A. $1 billion
B. $100 billion
C. $150 billion
D. $225 billion
E. $500 billion


D. $225 billion

PricewaterhouseCoopers estimated the value of the personalized medicine industry to be $225 billion in 2009.

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