The AFI symposium returns to the Palacongressi in Rimini from 8 to 10 June 2022. As usual, there will be 3 days of scientific sessions accompanied by workshops and round tables. Here is the program.

On 27th November 2020 was held the AFI symposium "Pharmacovigilance and quality session", dedicated to the quality system and complaints management, in which field experts shared their experiences within their companies, all different from each other.

How PSPs and MRPs can be useful from a pharmacovigilance point of view? It was discussed at the European Pharmacovigilance Congress held the 26th and 27th November and of which we were sponsors.

What kind of role does communication with patients play [...]

This year too took place the European Pharmacovigilance Congress, arrived at its fourth edition. Peculiarity of this year is the virtuality of the event, which nevertheless gave the opportunity to participate to even more people from all over the world. Here is how the two days have been held.

The Medical Device Regulation 2017/745, among other innovations, defines the concept of post-market surveillance, so far only mentioned in the MDD. Here is what it is and what are the obligations for the manufacturers.

One of the most important news introduced by the MDR 2017/745 regards the medical devices Unique Device Identification. Here it is what UDI is.

The health emergency caused by Covid-19 has put a strain on health professionals and pharmaceutical companies. The growing demand for drugs and their off label use has also had an impact on pharmacovigilance. Here is how some of the main actors dealt with it.

One of the novelties of the new Regulation 2017/745 [...]

In April 2020, the full application of the new [...]

The application data of the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) EU 2017/745 has been officially postponed, such as instituted by the EU Parliament vote on 17th April 2020.

It was released just few hours ago the news of an update of 23.0 MedDRA dictionary version. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has prompted an urgent need for a harmonized and standardized approach for the coding and reporting of infection as a global health issue.

Several years have passed since they started talking about ICH E2B (R3): the first guide was issued in 2014, in November 2017 the transition period began and today the date of the definitive transition is announced.

Pregnant or lactating women fall into the category of [...]

The physical, metabolic and psychological processes inherent in growth [...]

Special Populations are categories of patients that differ in age or in specific disorders. Consequently, the pharmacovigilance activity is more complex in their cases. It was discussed at the third edition of the European Pharmacovigilance Congress. Here is what Giovanni Furlan, Head of security risk, Director of Pfizer, reported on geriatric patients.

There was two days of congress rich in topics: [...]

For the third consecutive year we will be the [...]