- FHS team searches the literature for reports of adverse events for all types of products, using standard terms, triage analysis, and relevant processing for expedited or periodic reporting
- FHS operates a comprehensive Pharmacovigilance Literature Screening Service as part of the suite of drug safety services offered by the company.
• Features include conduct of searches via validated databases e.g. Medline and Embase,
• Screening of Abstracts for identification of potential ICSRs and for identification of potential new and significant safety findings for inclusion in aggregate reports,
• Important non-clinical safety results and ordering selected full publications for evaluation of ICSRs or safety issues.
- The requirement to proactively screen the published medical and scientific literature as part of a pharmacovigilance system can lead to difficulties: the screening can be time-consuming and resource intensive; inadequate searches are a common finding during regulatory authority inspections; and the identified cases can be complex and difficult to evaluate and to enter onto the safety database.
- One benefit of contracting FHS to carry out your Literature Screening for you is that we have been offering it as part of our range of drug safety services for several years. Our team has extensive experience in this arena and can comprehensively manage your literature screening requirements in a cost-effective manner. Involving medical review of cases rather than adopting a mechanistic approach can also help to identify important signals in the literature.