Pharmacovigilance involves assessing the risks associated with pharmaceuticals and medical devices and ensuring drug and device safety. Many career opportunities are available in the field of drug safety or pharmacovigilance. Individuals attempting to enter into this field should have degree in life sciences or nursing, pharmacy or medical degree. There are also various courses available […]
A regulatory medical writer is a technical communicator with writing skills that specializes in preparing documents to meet requirements of regulatory authority. A regulatory medical writer has to collect technical specifications from medical workers arrange the information and prepare documents in compliance with regulatory authority. Apart from a knowledge about technical processes regulatory writers must […]
Herbal Pharmacovigilance Pharmacovigilance (drug safety monitoring) is mandatory for acquiring information on the safety of drugs and herbal medicines are no exception to the rule. South-Asian countries like India, China, Thailand highly believe in and propagate traditional medicines however there is no coherence regarding regulation and monitoring of these herbal products. Stringent guidelines for herbal […]
What is GVP? Good Pharmacovigilance Practices (GVP) are a set of measures drawn up to facilitate the performance of pharmacovigilance in the European Union (EU). GVP apply to marketing-authorisation holders, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and medicines regulatory authorities in EU Member States. They cover medicines authorised centrally via the Agency as well as medicines authorised at national […]
In every interview that you might attend, you always wish to know the questions beforehand. However, you should keep in mind that the panel sitting in front of you is experienced and can go a step higher if you can steer clear from their simple volleys. No list of questions or guide is perfect but […]
Healthcare Marketing India is a witness to a change. There is an accelerated growth of healthcare industry with sprouting of hospitals, at a pace which, is, entirely difficult to fathom. The healthcare market is seeing both private as well as foreign investments as the Indian health care market is expected to grow by a rate […]
In the United States and other foreign countries a pharmacist is allowed to practice clinical pharmacy. A statutory system exists wherein the diagnosis is carried out by doctors and then the patient is sent to the pharmacist who prescribes medication and charge for it. Pharmacists are highly salaried in the US where their average salary […]
Telemedicine: What does it Feature Telemedicine is not a new means of conveying healthcare benefits to society at large but rather an old way modified by new technologies. Earlier ballads would sing the stories and convey information to the community and now we have telemarketers doing the same the only difference being today’s advanced communication […]
What is medical journalism? As the name implies, medical journalism refers to reporting of medical news and features. It is of two types – one which is intended for general public featuring medical news in general publications and the other for doctors and healthcare professionals in peer reviewed journals. In short, medical journalism is all […]
Anyone who has an interest in the regulatory field must have a very pronounced love of detail. … While the regulatory elements of a job like this can be learned, if you can’t manage tiny nuances of data in a multigigabyte document, you’re in trouble. […]