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New pop-up Coronavirus Knowledge Hub, a single-access portal to information with a focus on addressing the unknowns during the coronavirus outbreak, launches on The Global Health Network. Read more

The 3rd edition of the World Conference on Pharmacometrics will be held at the southern tip of the continent of Africa on 6-9 April 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. Late abstract submission until 31st Jan 2020 Read more

The module was developed as part of the SCOPE Joint Action project to raise awareness levels of ADR reporting. You are requested to complete a short survey upon completion of the free e-learning. Read more

Revised from cover to cover since the last major update in 2008, the Handbook reflects current best practice based on the latest methods research, and provides the only such comprehensive guide to conducting systematic reviews of interventions for both new ... Read more

We want to send a big thank you to everyone who participated in our contest and helped make it a success! We had 69 competition entries from 20 countries around the world and from people in a variety of clinical ... Read more

Six modules about Adverse Drug Reactions developed by NHS Education for Scotland and the Yellow Card Centre Scotland (Centre for Adverse Reactions to Drugs Scotland); their incidence & public health implications, the different classifications of ADRs & drug allergies, how ... Read more

The International Society of Pharmacovigilance’s (ISoP’s) held a Mid-Year Symposium and Training Course in Nairobi, Kenya brining together nearly 100 ISoP members from across Africa and beyond, including from government/regulatory bodies, the pharmaceutical industry and academia. The event concluded with ... Read more

We have a growing list of articles detailing personal experiences of post-graduate study or working in pharmacovigilance. This is intended to inspire others who may be considering their own PV journey. Would you like to be featured? We'd love to ... Read more

PAVIA and PROFORMA are two large, coordinated, African pharmacovigilance consortia that are part of the EDCTP2 programme supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme Read more

Overview of presentations and key points discussed during the seventh meeting of the Global Vaccine Safety Initiative (GVSI), Santiago, Chile, 8–9 October 2018 Read more

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February 11, 2019 - The Birth Defect Surveillance Group, part of ZikaPLAN’s Work Package 8 (Disease Burden and Risk Assessment), announces the launch of the Global Birth Defects website. Read more

Regulatory systems play a key role in assuring the quality, safety, and efficacy of medical products. The Global Benchmarking Tool (GBT) represents the primary means by which the WHO objectively evaluates regulatory systems, as mandated by WHA Resolution 67.20 on ... Read more

The new WHO PV Toolkit comprises resources and information for the practice of pharmacovigilance, with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries. Read more

FDA is developing four methodological patient-focused drug development (PFDD) guidance documents to address, in a stepwise manner, how stakeholders can collect and submit patient experience data and other relevant information from patients and caregivers for medical product development and regulatory ... Read more

The EMA has published a Q&A document for public consultation until 31 July 2019. This supplements the CHMP Data Monitoring Committee Guideline, clarifying the role and necessity for a Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) in different phases of drug development and ... Read more

A new ENCePP Code of Conduct provides a set of rules and principles for pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacovigilance studies to promote scientific independence and transparency throughout the research process. Read more

IMDRF Terminologies for Categorized Adverse Event Reporting (AER): terms, terminology structure and codes. A Proposed Document has been released by the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) Adverse Events Terminology Working Group to include the proposed third edition of Document ... Read more

A new framework for a core curriculum for university teaching of pharmacovigilance (PV) has been published, describing five key aspects that focus on clinical practice: the importance of PV in the context of pharmacotherapy and preventing, recognizing, managing and reporting ... Read more

The new African Medicines Agency (AMA) will ensure coordination and strengthening of continental initiatives to harmonise medical products regulation, provide guidance and technical support to improve access to quality, safe and efficacious medical products and health technologies. See https://t.co/y2e8HWEMPu Read more

Dissemination of information on the safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical products, based on information received from the WHO's network of "drug information officers", bulletins and journals etc. Read more

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