Comparative evaluation of pharmacovigilance regulation of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India and the need for global harmonized practices

The primary focus of the pharmacovigilance (PV) practice has been on the collection, assessment, and reporting of the adverse drug reactions to medicinal products. Globalization of the pharmaceutical industry has prompted efforts to toward harmonization of PV practices worldwide to enable improved k...

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Main Authors: Mohit Hans, Suresh Kumar Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Perspectives in Clinical Research
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Online Access:http://www.picronline.org/article.asp?issn=2229-3485;year=2018;volume=9;issue=4;spage=170;epage=174;aulast=Hans
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description The primary focus of the pharmacovigilance (PV) practice has been on the collection, assessment, and reporting of the adverse drug reactions to medicinal products. Globalization of the pharmaceutical industry has prompted efforts to toward harmonization of PV practices worldwide to enable improved knowledge of medicine's benefit-risk profile and risk communication. Even as PV has evolved over the past decade, there still exist few areas of discordance across global PV practices. This article compares the PV legislation in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and India with a view to understand areas of harmony in the current legislation across regions and further compare health authorities' requirements with recommendations made by international organizations. Identification of potential areas of disharmony would pave the way to design solutions and strategies toward creation of a comprehensive PV system, which can be easily implemented across the globe, thus promoting the safer use of medicines.
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spelling doaj.art-fce74e72c703456caf7e103d24ceb7a52022-12-22T01:24:39ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsPerspectives in Clinical Research2229-34852018-01-019417017410.4103/picr.PICR_89_17Comparative evaluation of pharmacovigilance regulation of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India and the need for global harmonized practicesMohit HansSuresh Kumar GuptaThe primary focus of the pharmacovigilance (PV) practice has been on the collection, assessment, and reporting of the adverse drug reactions to medicinal products. Globalization of the pharmaceutical industry has prompted efforts to toward harmonization of PV practices worldwide to enable improved knowledge of medicine's benefit-risk profile and risk communication. Even as PV has evolved over the past decade, there still exist few areas of discordance across global PV practices. This article compares the PV legislation in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and India with a view to understand areas of harmony in the current legislation across regions and further compare health authorities' requirements with recommendations made by international organizations. Identification of potential areas of disharmony would pave the way to design solutions and strategies toward creation of a comprehensive PV system, which can be easily implemented across the globe, thus promoting the safer use of medicines.http://www.picronline.org/article.asp?issn=2229-3485;year=2018;volume=9;issue=4;spage=170;epage=174;aulast=HansAdverse drug reactiondrug safetyharmonizationpharmacovigilance
spellingShingle Mohit Hans
Suresh Kumar Gupta
Comparative evaluation of pharmacovigilance regulation of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India and the need for global harmonized practices
Perspectives in Clinical Research
Adverse drug reaction
drug safety
harmonization
pharmacovigilance
title Comparative evaluation of pharmacovigilance regulation of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India and the need for global harmonized practices
title_full Comparative evaluation of pharmacovigilance regulation of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India and the need for global harmonized practices
title_fullStr Comparative evaluation of pharmacovigilance regulation of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India and the need for global harmonized practices
title_full_unstemmed Comparative evaluation of pharmacovigilance regulation of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India and the need for global harmonized practices
title_short Comparative evaluation of pharmacovigilance regulation of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India and the need for global harmonized practices
title_sort comparative evaluation of pharmacovigilance regulation of the united states united kingdom canada india and the need for global harmonized practices
topic Adverse drug reaction
drug safety
harmonization
pharmacovigilance
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