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Catherine McNamara, PharmD, BCPS, is a clinical pharmacogenomics specialist at an academic medical center in Boulder, Colorado. She directs a clinical testing service focused on gene-based dosing and investigates how variations in CYP enzymes affect drug response and patient toxicity. McNamara received her PhD in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of California, San Francisco, and she contributes to Biology Insights on medication science.

Belsomra’s Mechanism of Action: How It Works Drugs
Cytochrome P450 Enzymes: Function, Drug Impact, and Safety Drugs
What Is the Ketamine Receptor & How Does It Work?Drugs
Janssen’s Milvexian: The New Factor XIa Inhibitor Drugs
What Is Enzyme Induction and How Does It Affect Health?Biology
What Is Tissue Plasminogen? Function, Uses, and Risks Drugs
What Is Drug Clearance and How Does It Work?Drugs
What Is a DPP1 Inhibitor and How Does It Work?Drugs
What Is an SCD1 Inhibitor and How Does It Work?Drugs
Vesigen Therapeutics: A New Frontier in Drug Delivery Drugs
What Does It Mean to Be a CYP2B6 Poor Metabolizer?Genetics
What Is the CYP3A4 Enzyme and What Does It Do?Biology
What is Ibudilast and How Does It Work?Drugs
What Are Modulation Therapeutics and How Do They Work?Therapies
Patisiran FDA Approval for hATTR Amyloidosis Explained Drugs
Healx: AI-Powered Rare Disease Drug Discovery and Development Healthcare
What Are CYP2D6 Inhibitors and How Do They Affect You?Drugs
P-glycoprotein: Its Function and Impact on Medications Biology
The Dabigatran Reversal Agent and How It Works Drugs
What Is ASO Therapy and How Does It Work?Drugs
Oligonucleotide Therapeutics: A New Class of Drugs Drugs
Sotatercept’s Mechanism of Action in Pulmonary Hypertension Drugs
What Are siRNA Drugs and How Do They Work?Drugs
What Are Off-Target Effects and Why Do They Matter?Genetics
What Is an Efflux Ratio and How Does It Affect Medications?Drugs
What Is an Ampakine? Uses, Effects, and Potential Risks Drugs
Olpasiran: A Treatment for High Lipoprotein(a) Levels Drugs
Orexin Agonist: A New Class of Wakefulness Medication Drugs
What Are CYP450 Substrate Drugs & How Do They Work?Drugs
What Is the TPMT Enzyme and How Does It Affect Drugs?Drugs