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ClinPGx 2024 Registration and Abstract Submission Open

REGISTRATION OPEN In collaboration with CPIC, PharmGKB, PharmCAT and PharmVar, the Penn Institute for Biomedical Informatics will be hosting the ClinPGx 2024: Knowledge, Implementation, Education meeting on June 20th and 21st, 2024 in Philadelphia, PA. This meeting will provide educational content to cover all aspects of PGx implementation, including knowledgebases,

ClinPGx Sessions at PGRN 2023 Conference and ClinGen Summer Workshops

At the upcoming PGRN 2023 annual conference in Memphis, Dr. Teri E. Klein, the principle investigator for PharmGKB, ClinGen, CPIC and PharmCAT, will hold a town hall discussion on ClinPGx: a single integrated resource for Pharmacogenomics (PGx). Dr. Klein will discuss the challenge of the separation of pharmacogenomic resources from

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

Please help secure funding for PGx!!

The ability to predict ahead of time which drugs will be effective for a unique patient and determine which medications may cause patients serious issues, will save lives, improve health care outcomes, and decrease health care costs. Several genes in the human genome play a role in how people respond

Milestones in Payer Coverage Set to Expand Pharmacogenomic Testing

A new perspective just out in Genetics in Medicine describes the improvements in the US payer landscape for pharmacogenomics test reimbursement from this past summer and their implications for the field moving forward. The Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) participating in the Molecular Diagnostic Services (MolDx) program released their final local

Review and Consensus on Pharmacogenomic Testing in Psychiatry published in Pharmacopsychiatry

Review and Consensus on Pharmacogenomic (PGx) Testing in Psychiatry was recently published in the journal Pharmacopsychiatry [PMID: 33147643]. In the sections pharmacogenomic mechanisms, pharmacogenomic evidence and guidelines for psychiatry, and pharmacogenomic testing in psychiatry the review provides an up-to-date summary of recent developments that clinicians should know when considering PGx

ICPC publishes GWAS analysis on platelet reactivity and cardiovascular response in patients treated with clopidogrel

The GWAS analysis on platelet reactivity and cardiovascular outcome for clopidogrel, the third paper by the International Clopidogrel Pharmacogenomics Consortium (ICPC), has just been published in journal Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.Clopidogrel is an antiplatelet agent widely used in patients with acute coronary syndrome, percutaneous coronary intervention, or ischemic stroke.

PGRN Transition

After 20 years of NIH funding, the Pharmacogenomics Research Network (PGRN) is becoming an independent scientific society on July 1, 2020. The deadline for becoming a founding member has been extended. If you are interested in joining, please visit www.pgrn.org. On behalf of all of the NIH PGRN

Dr. Stuart Scott joins Stanford

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Stuart Scott will be joining Stanford University as a Professor in the Department of Pathology effective 1 September 2020. In addition, Dr. Scott will be Laboratory Director of the Stanford Medicine Clinical Genomics Program. Dr. Scott is moving from the Department of Genetics

Join the new PGRN society!

After 20 years of NIH funding, the Pharmacogenomics Research Network (PGRN) is transitioning to an independent, nonprofit scientific society, and all interested individuals are invited to sign up to become a member of the new PGRN! The independent scientific society will continue many of the functions of the current PGRN,