Includes bibliographical references. "This new edition of a clear and succinct yet comprehensive guide to the field provides exactly the right introduction for those new to the challenges and the excitement of pharmacovigilance. It conveys the importance to public health protection of an effective safety net to pick up new information, and the need for well-planned strategies to generate new evidence as an enabler of innovation"--Foreword. Mira Harrison-Woolrych is a New Zealand author.

What is pharmacovigilance and how has it developed? -- Basic concepts -- Types and sources of data -- The process of pharmacovigilance -- Regulatory aspects of pharmacovigilance -- International collaboration -- Clinical aspects of adverse drug reactions -- Ethical and societal considerations -- Future directions -- Learning more about pharmacovigilance. Pharmacovigilance is the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problems. This introductory guide is designed to aid the rapid understanding of the key principles of pharmacovigilance. Packed full of examples illustrating drug safety issues it not only covers the processes involved, but the regulatory aspects and ethical and societal considerations of pharmacovigilance.