According to the concept of the World Health Organization, pharmacovigilance consists in activities related to detection, evaluation, comprehension and prevention of adverse effects/events or other problems related to medicine.

The Cimed Group offers a System of Pharmacovigilance, which contemplates the services of pharmacovigilance, cosmetovigilance and technovigilance, ahead of adverse events related to medicine, cosmetics and health products, respectively.

What’s the importance of Pharmacovigilance?

• Monitoring safety of medicines, cosmetics and health products;
• Improve patient care and safety regarding the use of the products and necessary interventions;
• Improving public health and safety regarding the use of products;
• Contributing to the evaluation of benefits, damages, effectiveness and risks of the products, encouraging safe, rational and a more effective use;
• Promoting a process of continuous improvement internally and of effective communication with the public.

What is an adverse event?

For the World Health Organization, an adverse event is any unwanted medical occurrence which happens to a patient who has received a pharmaceutical product and not necessarily has to do with this treatment.

The adverse events are qualified as:

• Suspected cases of adverse reactions
• Adverse events for quality deviations
• Adverse events due to unapproved use of medicines
• Medication interactions
• Therapeutic ineffectiveness
• Intoxications
• Abusive use of products
• Medication mistakes

What is an adverse reaction to medication?

All harmful response and unintentional to a medication related to any dose should be considered adverse.

Notification of an Adverse Event

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