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Registration opens for CPIC-PGRN 2022 meeting in Denver, Colorado

We are excited to announce that registration is open for the 2022 CPIC-PGRN meeting: Diversifying PGx Science to Improve Implementation. The meeting will be held at the University of Colorado on May 10th, 11th, and 12th in Denver, CO. Registration, agenda, and hotel information available at the meeting website. Early

Update to PharmGKB Pediatric Drug Summaries

The second round of PharmGKB's pediatric drug summaries is now live on PharmGKB pediatric, adding over 25 more drugs beyond PharmGKB's initial release of CPIC guideline drugs and those on the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA) priority list. These manually-curated summaries include key information relevant

Pediatric PharmGKB User Survey

Similar to our PharmGKB user survey in October-November, we have launched a user survey to gather feedback about the use of our Pediatric PharmGKB website. All user responses are greatly appreciated; no matter who you are, where you are in the world or how many times you have used Pediatric

Survey of PharmGKB API usage

PharmGKB is wholly supported by NIH (NHGRI and NICHD). As we prepare for grant renewal, we are asking users of our API to provide us with 3-4 brief pieces of information to help us demonstrate the importance of our API to the global PGx community. If you use our API,

PharmGKB User Survey

We have launched a user survey to help inform the future direction of PharmGKB. All user responses are greatly appreciated; no matter who you are, where you are in the world or how many times you have used PharmGKB. The survey is split into two parts. The first section takes

SLCO1B1 added to PharmVar

PharmVar and PharmGKB are excited to share that SLCO1B1 nomenclature is now maintained by PharmVar. This important drug transporter, also known as OATP1B1, has been shown to facilitate the uptake of stains into the liver. Furthermore, genetic variation has been shown to cause musculoskeletal symptoms impeding statin effectiveness. Star nomenclature

PharmGKB announces the launch of PharmGKB Pediatric

PharmGKB Pediatric (https://pediatric.pharmgkb.org) is a "view" of PharmGKB (https://www.pharmgkb.org) that highlights pharmacogenomic annotations that (1) are based on pediatric studies or (2) may be relevant to pediatrics. All of the annotations found on PharmGKB are also on PharmGKB Pediatric. A quick way

NIH Request for Information on Scientific Data Sources

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has put out a Request for Information (RFI) on User Experience with Scientific Data Sources and Tools in order to better understand the use of these resources by the scientific community. We’re asking the pharmacogenomics community to consider responding to the

PharmCAT Version 1.0 Released

Version 1.0 of the Pharmacogenomics Clinical Annotation Tool (PharmCAT) has been released today (September 27, 2021). PharmCAT is a software tool that takes genetic data for an individual as VCF file input, interprets the pharmacogene alleles, diplotypes and phenotypes, and generates reports with CPIC's genotype-based drug prescribing

CPIC seeks feedback for MT-RNR1 terminology

We announced last December that the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC) was launching its Term Standardization Pharmacogenetic Test Results - Part 2 project. The project is currently focused on MT-RNR1, as that guideline wraps up. The MT-RNR1 Gene/Disease and PGx expert panels have agreed on terminology for MT-RNR1 and