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May 2025
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#37 Beyond numbers: quality in ADR repor...

Uppsala Monitoring Centre
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Send a message to the show! Spontaneous adverse event reporting from healthcare professionals and patients is a cornerstone in pharmacovigilance systems. Unfortunately, it is a well-known issue that only a fraction of events is reported. To further complicate matters, poor quality reports present a significant challenge for pharmacovigilance assessors. In Ug ... Show More
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