Pharmacogene Variation Consortium

Pharmacogene Variation Consortium (abbreviated as PhamVar) is an international group of experts that maintains a systematic nomenclature system for allelic variations of genes that affect the metabolism of drugs.^[1][2]

PharmVar

Content
Description	The PharmVar Consortium
Data types captured	Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacogenetics
Organisms	Human
Contact
Research center	Children's Mercy Hospital
Primary citation	PMID 29134625
Release date	2017
Access
Website	www.pharmvar.org
Download URL	www.pharmvar.org/download
Web service URL	www.pharmvar.org/documentation
Miscellaneous
Curation policy	Yes

The database is focused on cytochrome P450 enzymes, but is being expanded into other classes of enzymes. The original nomenclature was maintained by the Human CYP Allele Nomenclature Database. However PhamVar took over this function in 2017.^[3]

See also

• PharmGKB
• pharmacogenetics
• pharmacogenomics
• pharmacokinetics
• pharmacodynamics
• Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium