Pharmacovigilance is vital to public health. Adopting a robust spontaneous reporting system for adverse drug events can counteract most hazards that arise from utilizing medicinal products. Prior to the establishment of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), the number of pharmacovigilance-related activities in Saudi Arabia was limited. In 2009, the SFDA established the National Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety Center (Saudi Vigilance). The pharmacovigilance system has remarkably improved during the past few years. Several initiatives have been taken to improve the program's performance. These initiatives include initiation of pharmacovigilance guidelines, enhancement of communication and reporting tools, training sessions for concerned staff and healthcare providers, and compliance from stakeholders. This review article provides an overview of what the Saudi Vigilance program is, focusing on the scope, mission and vision, hierarchy, operational themes, and overall work processes. Additionally, we will shed light on the challenges we encountered during the early phase and on our future plans.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5856944 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2018.01.002 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Risk of malignancy and the use of disease-modifying therapy in multiple sclerosis: exploring the role of DMT in a multi-center study.
Front Neurol
December 2024
College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Background: The potential link between disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) and malignancy in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients has generated significant concern, particularly given the immunosuppressive nature of these treatments. Conflicting evidence in the literature has left this issue unresolved, underscoring the need for definitive research to inform clinical practice. This study addresses this gap by examining cancer occurrence among MS patients on DMTs treated at two tertiary-care centers in Saudi Arabia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnhanced human activity recognition in medical emergencies using a hybrid deep CNN and bi-directional LSTM model with wearable sensors.
Sci Rep
December 2024
Department of Communications and Electronics, Delta University for Science and Technology, Mansoura, Egypt.
Human activity recognition (HAR) is one of the most important segments of technology advancement in applications of smart devices, healthcare systems & fitness. HAR uses details from wearable sensors that capture the way human beings move or engage with their surrounding. Several researchers have thus presented different ways of modeling human motion, and some have been as follows: Many researchers have presented different methods of modeling human movements.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDedifferentiated parosteal osteosarcoma with a novel low-grade leiomyosarcomatous and high-grade conventional osteosarcomatous differentiation: Case report and review of literature.
Int J Surg Case Rep
December 2024
Department of Orthopedic, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University and King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah 22252, Saudi Arabia.
Introduction & Importance: Parosteal osteosarcoma is an uncommon, low-grade, well differentiated malignant bone neoplasm with a more favorable prognosis compared to other types of osteosarcoma. Dedifferentiation is a well-known phenomenon, observed in 16-24.6 % of cases, leads to a combination of low-grade fibroblastic osteosarcoma and high-grade sarcoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- The COVID-19 pandemic has had serious effects on maternal and neonatal health, prompting a systematic review to assess how it influences respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in newborns from infected mothers.
- The review analyzed 22 studies and found that 11.5% of newborns from COVID-19-positive mothers experienced RDS, with a risk ratio of 2.69 indicating a significantly higher risk compared to newborns from non-infected mothers.
- The findings stress the importance of closely monitoring and managing pregnant women with COVID-19 to reduce potential health issues in their newborns.
Clinical presentation, outcome and management of snakebite cases in Saudi Arabia.
East Mediterr Health J
September 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, USA.
Background: Snakebite envenomation remains a significant public health concern in Asir Province of Saudi Arabia.
Aim: To characterize snake species and the clinical presentation, outcome and management of snakebite cases admitted to 4 major hospitals in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia .
Methods: This retrospective study reviewed medical records of paediatric and adult snakebite cases admitted to 4 regional hospitals in Saudi Arabia between January 2000 and December 2021 using search terms "snakebite", "cobra", "polyvalent antivenin", "antivenom", "compartment syndrome", and "fasciotomy".
Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!