Latest Development of International Pharmacovigilance and Its Implications

doi:10.19803/j.1672-8629.2020.12.04

Abstract

Abstract: As a predictor of development of global pharmacovigilance, the Annual Meeting of WHO Program of International Drug Monitoring (PIDM) is an important event for us to find out hotspots and latest progress in pharmacovigilance worldwide. Based on the agenda of the 42nd Annual Conference held in 2019, this paper analyzes the latest developments of global pharmacovigilance and implications for China. It is believed that the scope of pharmacovigilance has been expanded from adverse reaction monitoring to the detection, reporting and prevention of drug abuse, misuse and medication errors, and that the focus is gradually shifting from drug safety to patient safety. Therefore, there is an urgent need to continue to enhance the awareness of social drug vigilance and streamline public participation. In addition, the application of new generation information technology represented by artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of pharmacovigilance is making a breakthrough, and it has become an international consensus to actively promote smart supervision and smart safety surveillance.

Key words: pharmacovigilance awareness, medication error, smart safety surveillance, artificial intelligence

CLC Number:

R969.3

CHEN Feng. Latest Development of International Pharmacovigilance and Its Implications[J]. Chinese Journal of Pharmacovigilance, 2020, 17(12): 867-870.

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