- To raise awareness about importance of adverse drug reactions(ADR) reporting.
- To be able to differentiate between Adverse Event (AE) and ADR.
- To be able to apply WHO-UMC & Naranjo's scales for categorising ADR.
- To be able to fill up the CDSCO form as per Pharmacovigilance Programme of India.
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Pharmacovigilance
Pharmacovigilance is the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other medicine-related problem -
Importance of Pharmacovigilance
This Program for International Drug Monitoring was established by WHO as a result of the thalidomide disaster detected in 1961. -
Apart from drugs Pharmacovigilance also includes:
•Traditional and complementary medicines •Herbals •Biologicals •Blood products •Medical devices •Vaccines -
Pharmacovigilance covers the following
Drug monitoring Pharmaceutical preparations - adverse effects Adverse drug reaction reporting Product surveillance Postmarketing Legislation -
Pharmacovigilance Unit
Dept of Pharmacology
Monday, 31 August 2015
Purpose of this workshop
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