According to the September/October edition of the Impact Report released by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD), the reporting of adverse events (AEs) by healthcare professionals is inadequate. In particular, regulatory submissions are an issue due to the lack of critical information provided on submission forms, which can inadvertently alter […]
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When The System Fails To Keep Us Informed Of Adverse Events
I just read “Failing To Report Severe Drug Side Effects: A National Embarrassment,” written by Forbes contributor Luke Timmerman. He talks about his recent personal experience with our health system and what he believes is poor adherence to the reporting of adverse events. Why should patients or their loved ones have to demand that […]
A Beefed-Up Version Of Yelp, But For Drugs
Most of us have searched for information about pharmaceuticals on the web and, more often than not, wound up on a website that provided general information about the product. Such sites are usually sufficient enough to answer basic questions. But, what if there were a site that offered more? What if there were a […]