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Nov 2023
27m 48s

#24 A week in the name of medicines safe...

Uppsala Monitoring Centre
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Send a message to the show! To mark #MedSafetyWeek, which takes place from 6–12 November, we’re releasing a special two-part episode on pharmacovigilance communication campaigns. In this first part, we speak to Mitul Jadeja from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in the UK about under-reporting and how initiatives like #MedSafetyWeek can ... Show More
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