応用薬学ジャーナル
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概要

Pharmacovigilance: Advice for pharmacists

Pallavi Jha

Pharmacovigilance (PV) is identified by the World Health Organization as science and activities related to the identification, evaluation, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related issue.By providing a mechanism to collect, review, and distribute drug safety data, the aims of PV are to improve patient safety with regard to medication use. PV tasks include the tracking of licensed drugs and investigational medicines (IMPs).