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Drug Safety Matters brings you the best stories from the world of pharmacovigilance. Through in-depth interviews with our guests, we cover new research and trends, and explore the most pressing issues in medicines safety today. Produced by Uppsala Monitoring Centre, the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring.
The views and opinions expressed in the podcast are those of the hosts and guests respectively and, unless otherwise stated, do not represent the position of any institution to which they are affiliated.
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#45 How to perform better disproportionality analyses – Michele Fusaroli & Eugene van Puijenbroek
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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#44 Rethinking medical device safety, part 2 – Omar Aimer
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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#43 Rethinking medical device safety, part 1 – Omar Aimer
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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#42 Unpacking the WHO Global Smart Pharmacovigilance Strategy – Shanthi Pal
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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#41 How to use artificial intelligence in pharmacovigilance, part 2 – Niklas Norén
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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#40 How to use artificial intelligence in pharmacovigilance, part 1 – Niklas Norén
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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#39 Putting children first on Patient Safety Day – Angela Caro-Rojas
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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#38 Patient perspectives in PV: a fireside chat at the ISoP mid-year symposium
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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#37 Beyond numbers: quality in ADR reporting – Henry Zakumumpa
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May 28, 2025 |
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#36 Pregnancy-related pharmacovigilance – Levente Pápai, Lovisa Sandberg & Sara Vidlin
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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#35 Veterinary pharmacovigilance, part 2 – James Mount
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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#34 Veterinary pharmacovigilance, part 1 – James Mount
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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#33 Narrative fields and signal assessors, an exploratory study – Joana Félix and Alem Zekarias
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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#32 Pharmacovigilance in older adults – Giovanni Furlan
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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#31 A guide to reporting disproportionality analyses – Michele Fusaroli and Daniele Sartori
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Weeding out duplicates to better detect side effects
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Ensuring trust in AI/ML when used in pharmacovigilance
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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#30 Preventing and reporting medication errors – Rabat CC & UMC
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May 15, 2024 |
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#29 When medicines change our behaviour – Michele Fusaroli
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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#28 Catching black swans – François Montastruc
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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#27 When drugs damage the liver – Rita Baião
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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#26 What's trending in pharmacovigilance? – Angela Caro-Rojas
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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#25 A week in the name of medicines safety – part 2
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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#24 A week in the name of medicines safety – part 1
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – The colour of signals
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Empowering patients as partners
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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#23 Assessing safety in clinical trials – Marianne Lunzer & Sanja Prpić
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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#22 Reforming pharmacovigilance education – Michael Reumerman
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May 08, 2023 |
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#21 Unlocking the power of real-world data – Patrick Ryan
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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#20 The evidence for signals – Daniele Sartori
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Unmasking data in the COVID-19 vaccine era
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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#19 Lessons in pandemic pharmacovigilance – Elena Rocca
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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#18 The IDMP standards explained – Malin Fladvad & Olle Lagerlund
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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#17 Why we need vaccine surveillance systems – Madhava Balakrishnan
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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#16 How drug safety can help fight resistant bugs – Jean Marie Vianney Habarugira & Albert Figueras
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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#15 Safety of HIV medications – Henry Zakumumpa
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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#14 Advancing pharmacovigilance in Africa – Eleni Aklillu & Abbie Barry
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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#13 How to talk about risks – Alexandra Freeman
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Safety issues faced by refugee communities
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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#12 Improving signal detection with vigiGroup – Jim Barrett & Joe Mitchell
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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#11 Talking about vaccine safety – Anthony Cox & Daniel Salmon
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – The KIDs List
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Convincing the vaccine hesitant
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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#10 Tailoring drug therapy to your genes – Qun-Ying Yue
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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#9 Keeping vaccines safe – Helena Sköld & Annette Rudolph
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Substandard and falsified COVID-19 vaccines in the Americas
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May 27, 2021 |
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#8 How do we change behaviour around antimicrobial resistance?
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Into the infodemic
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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#7 The challenge of rare diseases – Christina Ström Möller
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Africa integral to evolution of pharmacogenomics research
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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#6 Intuition in pharmacovigilance – Eugene van Puijenbroek
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Patient's advocate
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Vaccination errors risk harm and damage trust
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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#5 Restoring invisible and abandoned trials – Peter Doshi
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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#4 Communicating science through film – Matthew Barwick
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Found in space
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – 10 critical steps for patient safety
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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#3 Navigating the plant names jungle – Bob Allkin
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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#2 Why we should listen to patients – Linda Härmark
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May 20, 2020 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Philosophy of science meets patient safety
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May 13, 2020 |
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Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Ending the pregnant pause
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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#1 Fighting the fakes – Aline Plançon
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Jan 27, 2020 |