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Oct 2024
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#32 Pharmacovigilance in older adults – ...

Uppsala Monitoring Centre
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Send a message to the show! Medication-related-harm (MRH) is especially prevalent in older adults due to changing physiology as the body ages, increased frailty, and the incidence of polypharmacy in this patient group. Giovanni Furlan, Worldwide Safety Site Lead for Thessaloniki of Pfizer discusses what makes this patient group so vulnerable to adverse drug ... Show More
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