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IGNITE Network Analysis of Genomic Medicine Implementation Published in BMC Medical Genomics

A new paper in BMC Medical Genomics describes a multi-case study of six IGNITE (Implementing GeNomics In pracTicE) network sites currently implementing genomics, including pharmacogenomics, into patient care. The authors discuss challenges to implementation as well as subsequent strategies to address those challenges. All participating IGNITE institutions cited low

CPIC Survey Available Online

An important function of CPIC (Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium) is to receive feedback from, and give feedback to, our user communities. CPIC has posted a survey that is part of that feedback and contains questions regarding priorities for CPIC guidelines, as well as feedback on SNOMED CT term submissions. CPIC

Voriconazole and Macrolide Antibiotic Pathways featured on PG&G Covers

PharmGKB was pleased to see our pathways featured on two successive covers of the journal Pharmacogenetics and Genomics. Our macrolide antibiotic pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics pathway was featured on the cover of the April issue, and our voriconazole pharmacokinetics pathway was featured on the cover of the May issue. PharmGKB curators

NHGRI’s Genomic Medicine X: Pharmacogenomics Meeting

On May 2 and 3, 2017, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) held its 10th Genomic Medicine meeting, focusing on pharmacogenomics. PharmGKB, PharmCAT and CPIC were presented, as well as a review of the deposition of PharmGKB and CPIC data to ClinVar. We thank Mary Relling from St Jude

Curators' Favorite Papers

Electronic medical record-integrated pharmacogenomics and related clinical decision support concepts Authors: Caraballo PJ Bielinski SJ St Sauver JL Weinshilboum RM The authors of this article from Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, discuss the challenges to successful integration of pharmacogenetic/pharmacogenomic (PGx) clinical decision support (CDS) tools into electronic health and

March for Science

On April 22, 2017 — members of the PharmGKB team, participated with thousands of other scientists and non-scientists alike, in the March for Science. Please join us, as did Russ Altman (Co-Prinicipal Investigator, PharmGKB) and the larger scientific community in the continuation of evidence-based science.

Thiopurine Pathway updated with new candidate genes

Thiopurines and TPMT have long been a cornerstone of PGx research. As such the Thiopurine Pathway was one of the earliest pathways in PharmGKB to be published in Pharmacogenetics and Genomics [PMID:19952870]. In collaboration with Jun Yang, Takaya Moriyama and Rina Nishii from St Judes, we have substantially updated

Sorafenib pathways published in Pharmacogenetics and Genomics

The PharmGKB review of the Sorafenib pathways has been published in the journal Pharmacogenetics and Genomics. Sorafenib (NEXAVAR®, BAY43-9006) is an oral anti-cancer drug approved for the treatment of metastatic or advanced liver, kidney, and thyroid cancers. Although many new targeted therapies have been tested over the past

NIGMS Director’s Early Career Investigator Lecture on antiretrovirals, PGx

On Wednesday, April 5th at 2:00 PM EST the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) will broadcast the NIGMS Director’s Early Career Investigator Lecture featuring a talk by Dr. Namandjé N. Bumpus entitled “Drug Metabolism, Pharmacogenetics and the Quest to Personalize HIV Treatment and Prevention”. In it,

New Paper shows pharmacogenetic testing drastically reduces ER visits and Readmissions

A new paper published in PLOSOne (Clinical impact of pharmacogenetic profiling with a clinical decision support tool in polypharmacy home health patients: A prospective pilot randomized controlled trial by Lindsay S. Elliott et al.) shows the effectiveness of precision medicine. For a year the authors followed a set of eligible