EudraVigilance Medicines Safety Database: Publicly Accessible Data for Research and Public Health Protection.

ABSTRACT: The analysis of safety data from spontaneous reporting systems has a proven value for the detection and analysis of the risks of medicines following their placement on the market and use in medical practice. EudraVigilance is the pharmacovigilance database to manage the collection and analysis of suspected adverse reactions to medicines authorised in the European Economic Area. EudraVigilance first operated in December 2001, with access to the database being governed by the EudraVigilance access policy. We performed a literature search including data up to December 2016 to demonstrate how the data from EudraVigilance has been used in scientific publications. We describe the results, including by type of publication, research topics and drugs involved. In 50% of the publications, the data a

SUBMITTER: Postigo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5990579 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature