Through a continuous review of the safety profile of the medicinal products, the Company may evaluate the implementation of appropriate risk minimization measures and ensures that, provided the authorised terms of use are met, marketed products have a benefit-risk ratio that is favourable for the population.
Hence, pharmacovigilance is essential to better know a drug, to properly inform the physicians who prescribe it and to protect the patients who take it, ensuring it is safely used over time, through a close cooperation among all professionals involved: local, national and international authorities and pharmaceutical companies.
The ultimate goal of pharmacovigilance is an ongoing evaluation of the tolerability profile of a drug throughout its use, from the first clinical trials up to and through the post-marketing stage.