Pharmacovigilance Programme of India

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Pharmacovigilance Programme of India

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2015

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University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy

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Pharmacovigilance is defined as “the pharmacological science relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects, principally long term and short term adverse effects of medicines.” It is an important and integral part of clinical research. India is the world’s second most populated country with over one billion potential drug consumers. Although, India is participating in the Uppsala monitoring center program, its contribution to that database is relatively small. This problem is essentially due to the absence of a robust ADR monitoring system and also the lack of awareness of reporting concepts among Indian health care professionals. The specific aims of pharmacovigilance are to advance patient care and safety in relation to the use of medicines and all medical and paramedical interventions, contribute to the assessment of benefit, harm, effectiveness, and risk of medicines, promising their safe, rational, and more effective use, promote indulgent, education, and clinical training in pharmacovigilance and its effective communication to the public. Pharmacovigilance methods must also be capable to designate which patients are at risk of developing an adverse drug reaction. A suitably working pharmacovigilance system is important if medicines are to be used prudently. It will be advantageous for healthcare professionals, regulatory authorities, pharmaceutical companies and consumers to monitor medicines for risk.

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Innov. Pharm. 2015; 6(189): 1-13

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Kumar, Duvvuru Ashok; Reddenna, Languluri; Basha, Shaik Ayub. (2015). Pharmacovigilance Programme of India. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/172047.

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