The 9th Biennial Conference on Signal Detection and Interpretation in Pharmacovigilance

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Since its inception in 2001, the Biennial Conference on Signal Detection and Interpretation in Pharmacovigilance has aimed to keep up to date with continuous developments in the field of signal detection, and this ninth conference in June 2017 was no exception. The proceedings from the first conference have been published previously and covered topics such as screening algorithms [1], data mining [2] and causal association in pharmacovigilance [3]. Many conferences run annually and risk a lack of progress from year to year, whereas a biennial format ensures progress has always been made since the previous meeting. Expert speakers from around the world participated this year, providing relevant updates for anyone working in the signal detection field in addition to a global perspective on pharmacovigilance practices. A pre-conference tutorial covered the importance of signal detection in pharmacovigilance, an introduction to disproportionality analysis and the responsibilities of marketing authorisation holders (MAHs). The full meeting programme is available on the official conference website: http://​www.​dsru.​org/​courses/​international-conferences/​. …