Pharmacoepidemiology 2018

Key Topics

• Study designs and uses of Observational studies in Pharmacovigilance?
  • What designs are best for which question
  • Why might we need observational research in pharmacovigilance
• Origins of epidemiology and basic principles
  • Some practical applications of pharmacoepidemiology
  • Where pharmacoepidemiology fits in
• Data Sources and Data Linkage
  • One study or separate studies
  • UK, Europe, USA and the rest of the world
• Important Factors
  • Data Mining?
  • Sample size
  • N of 1
• Non drug safety P-epi
  • P-economics
  • Drug utilisation
  • Real world
• Bias and confounding?
  • Bias - have we made a systematic error
  • Validity - internal and external
  • Confounding - what else might have caused the result

Who should Attend

Attendees from:

• Drug information and regulatory affairs departments
• Pharmacovigilance departments
• Pharmaceutical physicians
• Drug safety officers
• Pharmacovigilance in regulatory agencies