Pandemic Perspectives: Safety Monitoring Boost For COVID Vaccines Creating ‘A New Normal’ For Pharmacovigilance
Executive Summary
Pink Sheet infographic puts together the many new and existing safety systems being used to track and evaluate COVID-19 vaccine adverse events. There are early signs the vaccination effort has led to heightened public attention on medication safety that may be here to stay.
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