Pharmacovigilance is a new discipline to the students of India which provides newer and better opportunities to aspirants across the country who wish to build their career in the field of pharmacological science.

Pharmacovigilance is a discipline which is concerned with identifying, validating, quantifying, evaluating and minimizing the adverse effects of medicine thereby increasing the safety of drugs in use. It is a study of drug related adverse effect carried out by pharmaceutical industries to suggest warnings and recommendation for product withdrawal.

Pharmacovigilance is not only an academic necessity but also a need to ensure security of human beings. It is an accepted opinion of the mass to scrutinize the adverse effects of medicines which have been released in the market.

The Government also puts forward a supportive hand and takes immediate actions for the implementation of such a course so that people become aware of the adverse effects of drugs which can be reduced by a discipline like pharmacovigilance.

Pharmacovigilance is important to implement quality systems in all pharmaceutical companies which produce huge amount of medicines that are marketed in India and Western Countries.

There is no shortage of jobs in this field as high-quality pharmacovigilance practice makes for good business dealing. Students in this field can get jobs in various pharmaceutical companies and earn attractive and handsome salary packages.

Pharmacovigilance is the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other possible drug-related problems.

Recently, its concerns have been widened to include

IMPORTANCE OF PHARMACOVIGILANCE IN EVERY COUNTRY

There are differences among countries (and even regions within countries) in the occurrence of ADRs and other drug-related problems. This may be due to differences in diseases and prescribing practices, genetics, diet, traditions of the people, drug manufacturing processes used which influence pharmaceutical quality and composition, drug distribution and use including indications, dose and availability.

The use of traditional and complementary drugs (e.g. herbal remedies) may also pose specific toxicological problems, when used alone or in combination with other drugs.Therefore, Pharmacovigilance is needed for detecting ADRs and specifically to combat counterfeit and substandard quality products. ADR monitoring ensures that patients obtain safe and efficacious products.

The Specific Aims of Pharmacovigilance are to

Pharmacovigilance is the science and activities relating to detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other possible medicine related problem. It aims in making best use of medicines for the treatment or prevention of diseases. Though it is not intended to harm the patients during medicine use process, unfortunately some medicines often cause problems. Significant harm to even a few patients not only destroys the credibility of the medicine, the patients too loose trust on the care professional or the health system.

Good Pharmacovigilance will identify the risks and the risk factors in the shortest possible time so that the harm can be avoided or minimized. The integration of Pharmacovigilance may be crucial to the success of public health programmes involving medicines.

With the globalization of the pharmaceutical industry, the need to maintain universal standards as well as the demand for qualified and trained professionals to provide valuable inputs on Indian, European Union and American Regulatory, Research & Safety requirements in Pharmacovigilance has propelled the need for a knowledge-packed training in this field.

Pharmaceutical Companies, Clinical Research Organizations (CROs), Business Process Organizations (BPOs) companies, Regulatory Agency i.e. DCGI Office & CDSCO need professionals with good understanding of medical ethics, clinical research, pharmacovigilance practices and patient safety, western regulations and effective communications. This course titled Certificate Course in Pharmacovigilance & Pharmacoepidemiology is designed to cover all aspects of Pharmacovigilance and drug safety management. It sensitizes the students and equips them with knowledge on Pharmacovigilance practices worldwide and on the Indian scenario in detail. This course gives young executives an opportunity to remain ahead of competitors in a very nascent yet competitive environment. This course is the first of its kind to be started in India.