Textbook of Pharmacovigilance

SK Gupta PhD DSc FIPS FIACSSushma Srivastava PhD PDCR

• 1. Key Definitions in Pharmacovigilance2. Pharmacovigilance: Historical Perspective3. Pharmacovigilance: Need and Objectives4. Current Methods of Pharmacovigilance5. Adverse Drug Reactions: Classification, Mechanism and Interaction6. Signal Detection in Pharmacovigilance7. Postmarketing Surveillance8. Setting up of a Pharmacovigilance Centre9. Benefit-Risk Assessment in Pharmacovigilance10. Crisis Management in Pharmacovigilance11. WHO Pharmacovigilance: Programme for Global Drug Monitoring12. Pharmacovigilance of Herbal Drugs13. Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities: An Overview14. Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacovigilance15. Pharmacovigilance Regulations in Various Countries16. Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance17. Hospitalization due to Adverse Drug Reactions and its Economic Burden18. Vigilance Systems for Medical Devices19. Data Mangement in PharmacovigilanceAnnexuresIndex