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Drug Safety Matters

Uppsala Monitoring Centre
Pharmacovigilance
Adverse Drug Reactions
Signal Detection
Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Patient Safety
Medication Errors
Case Safety Reports
Veterinary Pharmacovigilance
Uppsala Monitoring Centre
Chatgpt
Artificial Intelligence
Disproportionality Analysis
Clinical Safety
Narrative Fields
Data Reporting
Machine Learning
Covid-19
Med Safety Week
Pharmaceutical Development
Vigibase

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.

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Far from a future add-on, artificial intelligence is already embedded in the cycle of drug safety, from case processing to signal detection. Versatile generative AI models have raised the bar of possibilities, but they have also increased the stakes.... more

Children deserve the safest possible healthcare, yet they remain one of the most vulnerable patient populations when it comes to medicines safety. Ahead of World Patient Safety Day on 17 September, we discuss challenges and solutions in paediatric ph... more

This special episode was recorded at the mid-year symposium of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP), 14–15 May 2025. Held in Uppsala, Sweden, the theme of the symposium was Improving information capture for safer use of medicines. Th... more

Spontaneous adverse event reporting from healthcare professionals and patients is a cornerstone in pharmacovigilance systems. Unfortunately, it is a well-known issue that only a fraction of events is reported. To further complicate matters, poor qual... more

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Angela Caro Rojas
President of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance
Episode: #39 Putting children first on Patient Safety Day – Angela Caro-Rojas
Henry Zakumumpa
Researcher at Makerere University focused on pharmacovigilance and HIV treatment.
Makerere University
Episode: #37 Beyond numbers: quality in ADR reporting – Henry Zakumumpa
James Mount
Veterinary Pharmacovigilance Assessor at the Swedish Medical Products Agency
Swedish Medical Products Agency
Episode: #34 Veterinary pharmacovigilance, part 1 – James Mount
Alem Zekarias
Senior Pharmacovigilance Scientist at Uppsala Monitoring Centre
Uppsala Monitoring Centre
Episode: #33 Narrative fields and signal assessors, an exploratory study – Joana Félix and Alem Zekarias
Joana Félix
Medical Informatician at Uppsala Monitoring Centre
Uppsala Monitoring Centre
Episode: #33 Narrative fields and signal assessors, an exploratory study – Joana Félix and Alem Zekarias
Giovanni Furlan
Worldwide Safety Site Lead and Safety Risk Lead at Pfizer
Pfizer
Episode: #32 Pharmacovigilance in older adults – Giovanni Furlan
Daniele Sartori
Pharmacovigilance scientist at UMC and doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford
Uppsala Monitoring Centre, University of Oxford
Episode: #31 A guide to reporting disproportionality analyses – Michele Fusaroli and Daniele Sartori
Jim Barrett
Senior Data Scientist at Uppsala Monitoring Centre
Uppsala Monitoring Centre
Episode: Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Weeding out duplicates to better detect side effects
Michael Glaser
Safety Innovation Technology Director of the Global Safety and Pharmacovigilance Systems Organization at GSK
GlaxoSmithKline
Episode: Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Ensuring trust in AI/ML when used in pharmacovigilance

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Frederik Brunius
Host of Drug Safety Matters
Federica Santoro
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5.0 out of 5 stars from 38 ratings
  • At last, something on PV!

    Great podcast with an eclectic mix of pharmacovigilance topics being discussed. I especially enjoyed the episodes concerning rare diseases and pharmacovigilance education. I’m looking forward to listening to more in the future!

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Great podcast with an eclectic mix of pharmacovigilance topics being discussed. I especially enjoyed the episodes concerning rare diseases and pharmacovigilance education. Looking forward to listening more in the future.

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#37 Beyond numbers: quality in ADR reporting – Henry Zakumumpa
Q: What are the most important interventions or actions that a regulator or PV centre could do to foster data quality?
Interventions include increasing national guidance on ADRs, training healthcare workers, and improving laboratory systems.
#37 Beyond numbers: quality in ADR reporting – Henry Zakumumpa
Q: What are your key research interests and what drives you as a researcher?
Henry is driven by the overwhelming HIV epidemic in Uganda and his personal losses due to the disease, aiming to contribute solutions to this public health crisis.
#33 Narrative fields and signal assessors, an exploratory study – Joana Félix and Alem Zekarias
Q: Could you describe what you found about the content and value of narratives?
The narratives are fundamental for signal management tasks, though not all narratives are complete, which can create obstacles in understanding adverse events.
#33 Narrative fields and signal assessors, an exploratory study – Joana Félix and Alem Zekarias
Q: What do we mean when we say narrative fields?
Narrative fields are parts of the individual case safety reports where clinical details about a patient experience with a suspected adverse drug reaction can be found.
#27 When drugs damage the liver – Rita Baião
Q: What kind of studies are being conducted in Europe regarding DILI?
The PRO-EURO DILI NETWORK is a collaboration of hospitals in Europe gathering evidence for liver disease and studying DILI through patient participation and data collection.

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Focusing on the field of pharmacovigilance, discussions revolve around pressing topics related to medication safety, including the complexities of reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Episodes feature in-depth interviews with experts from various sectors who shed light on the unique challenges in ensuring safety across diverse populations, such as children and the elderly. The series emphasizes the collaborative efforts required to enhance patient safety and improve reporting practices, including advancements in data collection and analysis, and the ethical considerations that come into play. Notable discussions regarding veterinary pharmacovigilance and the interaction between animal and human health also offer a unique perspective, ma... more

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