Pharmacovigilance is a pharmacological science ensuring drug safety and efficacy. It focuses on prevention of adverse drug reactions (ADR), medication errors such as overdose, misuse and abuse of a drug. The aim of pharmacovigilance is to improve public healthcare and enforce safe usage of medicines.  In many countries, the importance of pharmacovigilance in drug research and development is growing. […]

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 […]