Implementing a simple pharmacovigilance program to improve reporting of adverse events associated with biologic therapy in rheumatology: Preliminary results from the Calabria Biologics Pharmacovigilance Program (CBPP).

INTRODUCTION:Post-marketing surveillance activities (namely pharmacovigilance) are crucial to favor the early detection of unexpected adverse events (AEs) and/or serious adverse reactions (SAEs). Indeed, spontaneous reporting of AEs has been demonstrated to underestimate the number of events in diff...

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Main Authors: Caterina Palleria, Luigi Iannone, Christian Leporini, Rita Citraro, Antonia Manti, Maurizio Caminiti, Pietro Gigliotti, Rosa Daniela Grembiale, Massimo L'Andolina, Giuseppe Muccari, Maria Diana Naturale, Domenico Olivo, Giuseppa Pagano Mariano, Roberta Pellegrini, Giuseppe Varcasia, Karim Abdalla, Emilio Russo, Francesco Ursini, Giovambattista De Sarro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6200211?pdf=render