BRANCH&YEAR OFFERED: B. PHARM III&IV

Pharmacovigilance refers to the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding, and prevention of adverse effects and other drug-related safety problems. Related to this general definition, the underlying objectives of pharmacovigilance are to prevent harm from adverse reactions in humans that arise from the use of health products within or outside the terms of marketing authorization and in relation to the life cycle of these health products.

The main goal of pharmacovigilance is thus to promote the safe and effective use of health products, in particular by providing timely information about the safety of health products to patients, healthcare professionals, and the public. Pharmacovigilance is therefore an activity contributing to the protection of patients and maintaining public health

COURSE OBJECTIVE & OUTCOME:

1. To Improve patient care and safety in relation to the use of medicines with medical and paramedical interventions remains to be an important parameter. 

2. The main objectives of pharmacovigilance involve exhibiting the efficacy of drugs by monitoring their adverse effect profile for many years from the lab to the pharmacy.

3. To know why drug safety monitoring is important.

4. To know the national and international scenarios of pharmacovigilance

COURSE DURATION: 50hrs