61st AFI Symposium: the program
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.
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.
After Brexit there were numerous the doubts regarding the data protection system in the United Kingdom: in fact, since it is no longer part of the European Union starting from January 2021, it was necessary to find an agreement between the parties, so that European data can circulate safely on British territory.
The quality system is a fundamental part of pharmacovigilance and is usually in charge of the quality assurance department. How to manage it if there isn't a dedicated staff?
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.
What are the regulations in non-EU countries? And how to manage the requirements between global and local? The answer was given at the EU PhV Congress held on 26th and 27th November of which we were sponsors.
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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.
What are the significant changes? This is one of the questions asked by the manufacturers of Class I Medical Devices that pass into a higher category. Here's what the Medical Device Coordination Group states.
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 [...]