Drug Safety Matters

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#46 Protecting the health ecosystem – Valentina Giunchi & Joe Mitchell

Send a text message to the show!Pharmacovigilance has traditionally focused on the patient at the receiving end of a medicine. But what happens to medicines once they leave the body? In this episode, Valentina Giunchi and Joe Mitchell unpack the emerging field of ecopharmacovigil ... Show more

. 35min 5sec

#45 How to perform better disproportionality analyses – Michele Fusaroli & Eugene van Puijenbroek

Send a text message to the show!For all its ease and speed, disproportionality analysis can be distorted by many biases, making it easy to misuse and misinterpret. Michele Fusaroli from Uppsala Monitoring Centre and Eugene van Puijenbroek from the Netherlands pharmacovigilance ce ... Show more

. 47min 20sec

#44 Rethinking medical device safety, part 2 – Omar Aimer

Send a text message to the show!Medical device pharmacovigilance is complicated. Alongside clinical safety, there are technology risks, from cybersecurity threats to outdated software, that can put patients at risk. In this two-part episode, Omar Aimer, President of ISoP and form ... Show more

. 21min 22sec

#43 Rethinking medical device safety, part 1 – Omar Aimer

Send a text message to the show!Medical device pharmacovigilance is complicated. Alongside clinical safety, there are technology risks, from cybersecurity threats to outdated software, that can leave patients vulnerable. In this two-part episode, Omar Aimer, president of ISoP and ... Show more

. 22min 44sec

#42 Unpacking the WHO Global Smart Pharmacovigilance Strategy – Shanthi Pal

Send a text message to the show!This special episode was recorded just before the 43rd Annual Meeting of the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring wrapped up in Cairo, Egypt. Held from 27 to 29 October 2025, the meeting brought together representatives from more than 80 ... Show more

. 18min 43sec