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Published in: Drug Safety 10/2011

01-10-2011 | Editorial

Off-Label Pharmacovigilance

Author: Professor I. Ralph Edwards

Published in: Drug Safety | Issue 10/2011

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This edition of Drug Safety contains the abstracts for the annual International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP) meeting being held in Istanbul, Turkey, 26–28 October 2011.[1] Browsing the agenda for the meeting indicates that a session will be devoted to off-label use of drugs. This interesting topic has not been pursued much in pharmacovigilance, but it should be in the core of what we do. …
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Metadata
Title
Off-Label Pharmacovigilance
Author
Professor I. Ralph Edwards
Publication date
01-10-2011
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Drug Safety / Issue 10/2011
Print ISSN: 0114-5916
Electronic ISSN: 1179-1942
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2165/11596140-000000000-00000

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