Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology as a Guarantee of Patient Safety: The Role of the Clinical Pharmacologist

Giada Crescioli; Roberto Bonaiuti; Renato Corradetti; Guido Mannaioni; Alfredo Vannacci; Niccolò Lombardi

doi:10.3390/jcm11123552

Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology as a Guarantee of Patient Safety: The Role of the Clinical Pharmacologist

J Clin Med. 2022 Jun 20;11(12):3552. doi: 10.3390/jcm11123552.

Authors

Giada Crescioli^{1

2}, Roberto Bonaiuti^{1

2}, Renato Corradetti^{1

3}, Guido Mannaioni^{1

4}, Alfredo Vannacci^{1

2}, Niccolò Lombardi^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology Research Unit, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy.
² Tuscan Regional Centre of Pharmacovigilance, 50122 Florence, Italy.
³ Pharmacology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.
⁴ Medical Toxicology Unit and Poison Control Centre, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.

Abstract

Recent years, particularly the COVID-19 pandemic, can be considered a turning point for pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology in terms of their role in drug safety and drug utilisation monitoring in clinical practice [...].

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Editorial

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.