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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.
Podcasting since 2019 • 47 episodes
Drug Safety Matters
Latest Episodes
Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Weeding out duplicates to better detect side effects
Duplicate reports are a big problem when it comes to signal detection, but with the help of machine learning and new ways of comparing reports, we may more effectively detect them. This episode is part of the
August 26, 2024
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Ensuring trust in AI/ML when used in pharmacovigilance
Ensuring trust in AI is vital to fully reap the benefits of the technology in pharmacovigilance. Yet, how do we do so while grappling with its ever-growing complexity?This episode is part of the Upps...
June 27, 2024
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#30 Preventing and reporting medication errors – Rabat CC & UMC
Look-alike medicines, unclear communication and distractions during administration – medication errors may occur for many different reasons. They all have in common that they are unintended mistakes in the drug treatment process that may or may...
May 15, 2024
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#29 When medicines change our behaviour – Michele Fusaroli
Medicines can affect our personality in positive ways, but they may also lead to destructive behaviours that can damage our relationships, finances, and overall quality of life. Michele Fusaroli from the University of Bologna explains how to di...
April 23, 2024
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#28 Catching black swans – François Montastruc
Serious and unexpected adverse drug reactions – the ‘black swans’ of pharmacovigilance – can place enormous strain on safety monitoring systems. Drawing examples from the COVID-19 pandemic, François Montastruc from Toulouse University Hospital ...
February 29, 2024
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