PHARMACOVIGILANCE: A WAY FOR BETTER TOMORROW

Abstract

Pharmacovigilance procedures are necessary for evaluation of medicines. Thus Pharmacovigilance aims at detection, assessment and prevention of adverse effects or of any possible drug related problems. Reports of suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are the basis of pharmacovigilance surveillance of drugs. So there is need of method for summarising the important identified risks of a drug, important potential risks, and important missing information, including the potentially at-risk populations and situations where the product is likely to be used that have not been studied pre-approval. Need for a Pharmacovigilance Plan and sets out its principles of good practice for the design and conduct of observational studies.