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Drug Safety Matters
Drug Safety Matters brings you the best stories from the world of pharmacovigilance. Through in-depth interviews with our guests, we cover new research and trends, and explore the most pressing issues in medicines safety today. Produced by Uppsala Monitoring Centre, the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring.
The views and opinions expressed in the podcast are those of the hosts and guests respectively and, unless otherwise stated, do not represent the position of any institution to which they are affiliated.
Podcasting since 2020 • 62 episodes
Drug Safety Matters
Latest Episodes
#44 Rethinking medical device safety, part 2 – Omar Aimer
Medical device pharmacovigilance is complicated. Alongside clinical safety, there are technology risks, from cybersecurity threats to outdated software, that can put patients at risk. In this two-part episode, Omar Aimer, President ...
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Ask us anything about… disproportionality analysis!
Disproportionality analysis is the go-to method for signal detection in pharmacovigilance, but it is also easy to misuse and misinter...
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#43 Rethinking medical device safety, part 1 – Omar Aimer
Medical device pharmacovigilance is complicated. Alongside clinical safety, there are technology risks, from cybersecurity threats to outdated software, that can leave patients vulnerable. In this two-part episode, Omar Aimer, pres...
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#42 Unpacking the WHO Global Smart Pharmacovigilance Strategy – Shanthi Pal
This special episode was recorded just before the 43rd Annual Meeting of the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring wrapped up in Cairo, Egypt. Held from 27 to 29 October 2025, the meeting brought together representatives from more tha...
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#41 How to use artificial intelligence in pharmacovigilance, part 2 – Niklas Norén
Far from a future add-on, artificial intelligence is already embedded in the cycle of drug safety, from case processing to signal detection. Versatile generative AI models have raised the bar of possibilities but also increased the stakes. How ...
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