DURATION: 3 MONTHS, WEEKEND COURSE
PHARMACOVIGILANCE
‘ Pharmacovigilance is the science and activities relating to the Detection, Assessment, Understanding and Prevention of adverse drug reactions or any other possible drug related problems ’. WHO 2002
Importance of Post Marketing Surveillance
Known pharmacology of the drug can’t predict bizarre reaction.
- 30,000 people need to be treated to detect drug reaction having incidence of 1 in 10,000.
Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PVPI)
Pharmacovigilance programme of India (PVPI) was launched in July 2010.
Goal
To ensure that the benefits of use of medicine outweighs the risks and thus safeguard the health of the Indian population.