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Pharmacovigilance in oncology [PDF]
International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 2018 AbstractBackground Side effects of cancer therapy are one of the most important issues faced by cancer patients during their illness. Pharmacovigilance, namely the science and activities aimed at monitoring the safety of drugs, is particularly important in oncology, due to the intrinsic biologic toxicity of antineoplastic agents, their narrow ...
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Pharmacovigilance in radiopharmaceuticals
Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2016 Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission is Committed for maintaining the standards of drugs including Radiopharmaceuticals (RPs) by publishing Indian Pharmacopoeia. These RPs are being used in India for diagnostic or therapeutic purpose. RPs though contain relatively small quantities of active ingredient and administered in small volumes could cause some ...
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Indian Journal of Pharmacology, 2010 Sir, Vaccines are among the safest tools of modern medicine that help in protecting against disease by inducing immunity. In all countries, routine immunization represents a fundamental service of the public health system, offering one of the most cost-effective methods of reducing morbidity and mortality among children less than five.
Budhiraja, Salil, Akinapelli, Raghuram
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Pharmacovigilance workflow in Europe and Italy and pharmacovigilance terminology [PDF]
International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 2018 AbstractThe terminology used in pharmacovigilance can cause confusion, because there are similar terms that describe different phenomena (e.g. adverse reactions, adverse drug reactions, and side effects). Incorrect use of terminology can have negative effects on the reporting of adverse drug reactions and on the interpretation of these reports.
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Pharmacovigilance: An Overview [PDF]
Clinical Therapeutics, 2018 Pharmacovigilance (PV) is a relatively new discipline in the pharmaceutical industry. Having undergone rapid growth over the past 2 decades, PV now touches many other disciplines in the research and development enterprise. With its growth has come a heightened awareness and interest in the medical community about the roles that PV plays.
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Pharmacovigilance of herbal medicine
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2012 Pharmacovigilance is essential for developing reliable information on the safety of herbal medicines as used in Europe and the US. The existing systems were developed for synthetic medicines and require some modification to address the specific differences of medicinal herbs.
Chan Kelvin +5 more
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Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics, 2013 An increase in drug safety concerns in recent years with some high profile drug withdrawals have led to raising the bar by various stakeholders more importantly by the regulatory authorities. The number of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) reported have also resulted in an increase in the volume of data handled and to understand pharmacovigilance a high ...
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Pharmacovigilance on olanzapine
Indian Journal of Pharmacology, 2010 Sir, Pharmacovigilance, the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problems, is highly essential in India, where there is a lack of adequate efficacy and safety-related data, limited efforts made on adverse drug reaction (ADR) monitoring by the ...
Lingeswaran, Anand +4 more
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A Review of Pharmacovigilance [PDF]
West Indian Medical Journal, 2015 Pharmacovigilance supports safe and appropriate use of drugs. Spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is an essential component of pharmacovigilance. However, there is significant underreporting of ADRs. Adverse drug reactions have become a major problem in developing countries.
Jacqueline Campbell +2 more
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Challenges in pharmacovigilance
Indian Journal of Pharmacology, 2010 The National Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (NPVI) has recently been launched. A renewed effort, yet, a right step in the right direction, something that is our own, designed, funded, and executed by us. It deserves not only our best wishes, but also a wholehearted cooperation.
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