What is the importance of pharmacovigilance?

hello Amit. as name pharmacovigilance suggests , its about being vigilant or ,"watchful " about the adverse events that may follow after consuming the medicine. Whether the side effect is due to the drug decides whether or not it's ADR. in short pv helps us to ensure safe consumption of drugs.

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Hi Amit The main purpose of pharmacovigilance is to improve the patient's safety and enhance his care in terms of the use of medicines, including paramedical interventions. Pharmacovigilance also supports public health programs by providing reliable information for the efficient assessment of the risk-benefit profile of medicines. Contribute to the assessment of benefits, uses, side effects, harm, effectiveness and risk of medicines. Encouraging the safe, rational and more effective (including cost-effective) use of various medicines. Promote education, understanding and clinical training in pharmacovigilance and its effective availability to the public.

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