Real-World Data Show Lecanemab Is Mostly Safe but Flag a Stroke Signal
A combined real-world cohort and FAERS analysis finds lecanemab generally safe in Alzheimer's patients but flags a strong, unlabeled signal ...
Tag: Pharmacovigilance
Saudi Pharmacies Excel at Dispensing but Lag on Vaccines and Screening, Survey Finds
A survey of 188 Saudi community pharmacists finds near-universal dispensing and counselling but low availability of vaccination, screening, and advanced ...
Village Health Workers Make Malaria Follow-Up Work in Cambodia’s Remote Communities
A mixed methods study in Cambodia shows village malaria workers dramatically expanded follow-up of Plasmodium vivax patients, with coverage rising ...
Real-World Data Could Finally Crack the Evidence Gap for the Tiniest Babies
A new review argues that the dense data generated in neonatal intensive care units could close the evidence gap for ...
Vaccine Mortality Debate: Dutch Researchers Answer Critic Over Excess Deaths
Researchers at University Medical Centre Utrecht have published a formal response defending their nationwide self-controlled case series finding that COVID-19 ...
Landmark Nordic Registry Study Rules Out Pancreatic Cancer Risk From Semaglutide
A regulator-mandated study using nationwide registry data from Denmark, Sweden and Norway found no increased risk of pancreatic cancer among ...
Liver Injury After CAR T-Cell Therapy May Be Driven by Cytokine Storm, Landmark Analysis Finds
A pharmacovigilance analysis of nearly five million adverse-event reports finds that liver injury after CAR T-cell therapy is predominantly early ...
New AI Model Forecasts Hidden Side Effects of Drug Combinations
A new machine learning method called DCSE predicts side effects of drug combinations and introduces more realistic evaluation standards that ...
Ravulizumab in Pregnancy Shows No New Safety Signals in Global Analysis
A global pharmacovigilance analysis of 354 pregnancies found no unexpected safety signals with the complement inhibitor ravulizumab, with outcomes consistent ...
Common Tuberculosis Drug Tied to Sharp Rise in Vision-Threatening Nerve Damage
A nationwide Korean cohort study of over 31,000 tuberculosis patients finds that the risk of optic neuropathy rises nearly sevenfold ...
Cameroon’s Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients Fall Short of National Cure Targets, Major Review Finds
A new systematic review of fifteen studies finds that only 74.2 percent of drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Cameroon achieve treatment ...
Aripiprazole Linked to Lower Hyponatremia Risk Than Olanzapine, Large Study Finds
A two-stage analysis combining FDA adverse event reports with Japanese claims data found aripiprazole associated with a significantly lower risk ...
Cancer Immunotherapy Side Effects Differ Sharply Across Racial Groups, Massive Data Analysis Reveals
An analysis of nearly half a million clinical trials and real-world data from over 91,000 patients reveals that immune-related side ...
Delamanid Proves Safe in Large Real-World Study of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in China
A 608-patient multicenter study in China found that delamanid-containing regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis showed a safety profile consistent with clinical ...
Drug Safety Evidence Has a Shelf Life: Most Harm Findings Expire Within Three Years
A large retrospective cohort study of 505 meta-analyses finds that most early evidence on medication harms expires within about three ...
Common Antifungal Medicines in Pregnancy Linked to Altered Hormone Levels in Children
A Danish study of 589 mother–child pairs links azole antifungal use in pregnancy to altered adrenal hormone levels in infants, ...
Genetic Framework Flags Safety Risks for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Drug Targets
A new genetics-based framework systematically flags potential safety risks for inflammatory bowel disease drug targets before broad clinical exposure.
Fifteen Years of Data Reveal Blind Spots in Korea’s Herbal Medicine Safety Surveillance
A 15-year analysis of 454 herbal medicine adverse event reports at a Korean integrative medical center shows that nearly a ...
Assessing Herbal Medicine Safety Knowledge Among Tanzanian Healthcare Workers
In the expansive realm of healthcare, the intersection of pharmacovigilance and the safety of herbal medicines has carved out a ...
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