Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC), which is responsible for assessing and monitoring the safety of human medicines from European medicines agency (EMA) has published new significant safety information (signals) for medicines which were identified from their monthly PRAC meeting held during the period of 28 Sep-2020 to 01 Oct 2020. PRAC Recommendations for regulatory action…
A new drug safety signal “Dimethyl fumarate included Alopecia areata” identified by Netherlands Pharmacovigilance center, Lareb Dimethyl fumarate is an anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory agent which is used in the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis and plaque psoriasis. Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disorder which involves loss of hair follicle with one or more circular bald…
This is the third drug safety signal – “Cutaneous Vasculitis association with Tocilizumab use” detected from the VigiBase by the UMC (Uppsala Monitoring Center). UMC is a WHO Collaborating Centre present in Sweden for international service and scientific research within the field of pharmacovigilance. Tocilizumab is an immunosuppressive agent and a biologic medication (fully human…
A new drug safety signal- “Rhabdomyolysis association with Alectinib” identified by the UMC (Uppsala Monitoring Center), from the VigiBase, a global drug safety database maintained by UMC on behalf of WHO. UMC is a WHO Collaborating Centre present in in Sweden for international service and scientific research within the field of pharmacovigilance. Alectinib is an…
A new drug safety signal “Acyclovir or valaciclovir – Acute generalised exanthematous pustulosis”, identified by the UMC (Uppsala Monitoring Center), a WHO Collaborating Centre for international service and scientific research within the field of pharmacovigilance. This drug safety signal is identified from the VigiBase, a global drug safety database maintained by UMC on behalf of…