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 • 63 episodes

Drug Safety Matters

Latest Episodes

#46 Protecting the health ecosystem – Valentina Giunchi & Joe Mitchell

Pharmacovigilance has traditionally focused on the patient at the receiving end of a medicine. But what happens to medicines once they leave the body? In this episode, Valentina Giunchi and Joe Mitchell unpack the emerging field of ecopharmacov...

June 04, 2026 • 34:25

#45 How to perform better disproportionality analyses – Michele Fusaroli & Eugene van Puijenbroek

For all its ease and speed, disproportionality analysis can be distorted by many biases, making it easy to misuse and misinterpret. Michele Fusaroli from Uppsala Monitoring Centre and Eugene van Puijenbroek from the Netherlands pharmacovigilanc...

March 26, 2026 • 46:41

#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 Alongside clinical safety, there are technology risks, from cybersecurity threats to outdated software, that can put patients at risk.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 ...

February 26, 2026 • 20:43

#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 Alongside clinical safety, there are technology risks, from cybersecurity threats to outdated software, that can leave patients vulnerable.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...

January 28, 2026 • 22:04

#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...

December 16, 2025 • 18:04

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