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Feb 2024
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#28 Catching black swans – François Mont...

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Send a text message to the show! Serious and unexpected adverse drug reactions – the ‘black swans’ of pharmacovigilance – can place enormous strain on safety monitoring systems. Drawing examples from the COVID-19 pandemic, François Montastruc from Toulouse University Hospital explains how we can get better at dealing with the unpredictable. Tune in to find o ... Show More
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