Safe Drugs and the Cost of Good Intentions

200962 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Hans‐Georg Eichler · Local Government Improvement and Development

Abstract

Sophisticated data-mining tools are now available that permit real-time analysis of spontaneous reports of adverse drug reactions. These authors from the European Medicines Agency write that these developments are good news, but there are a number of unintended but foreseeable consequences.

Topics & Keywords

Pharmaceutical studies and practices Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 360, Issue 14, pp. 1378-1380

DOI: 10.1056/nejmp0900092

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