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Pharmacovigilance

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Pharmacovigilance
Pharmacology The branch of the pharmaceutical industry which assesses and monitors the safety of drugs either in the development pipeline or which have already been approved for marketing
Public health Drug safety Monitoring the safety of medicines in normal clinical use and taking action to increase benefit and decrease the risk associated with their use

pharmacovigilance,
n the monitoring of adverse effects of drugs and herbal remedies as they are used in the population. Also called
postmarketing surveillance.


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