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ReviewTherapeutic advances in drug safety2022

Global safety monitoring of COVID-19 vaccines: how pharmacovigilance rose to the challenge.

Annette Rudolph, Joseph Mitchell, Jim Barrett, Helena Sköld, Henric Taavola, Nils Erlanson, Carlos Melgarejo-González, Qun-Ying Yue

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Review in Therapeutic advances in drug safety, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Annette RudolphWHO CC, Signal Management, Uppsala Monitoring Centre, Bredgränd 7B, Uppsala 753 20, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2360-7174
Joseph MitchellWHO CC, Signal Management, Uppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.
Jim BarrettResearch, Data Science, Uppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.
Helena SköldOperations, PV Portfolio, Uppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.
Henric TaavolaResearch, Data Science, Uppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.
Nils ErlansonResearch, Data Science, Uppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.
Carlos Melgarejo-GonzálezWHO CC, Signal Management, Uppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.
Qun-Ying YueWHO CC, Signal Management, Uppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.
Uppsala Monitoring Centre · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pharmacovigilance (PV) came suddenly into the spotlight when several new vaccines, developed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, received emergency authorisation and were rolled out on a large scale in late 2020. The vaccines underwent stringent clinical trials and evaluation from regulatory authorities, but with the use of novel technology and an anticipated rapid and vast deployment of the vaccines, the importance of a well-functioning international post marketing safety surveillance system was stressed. International PV stakeholders were faced with several challenges due to the extent of the global vaccination campaign. The unprecedented volume of reports of suspected adverse events following immunization has led to the development and use of new tools. Furthermore, the collaboration between various PV stakeholders was encouraged and strengthened. PV rose to the challenges posed by the currently ongoing global COVID-19 vaccination campaign and successful adaptations were made in a short period of time. However, the pandemic has not ended yet, the vaccination campaign is far from being completed, and further challenges are anticipated. Advances made during the pandemic will be important to strengthen PV in future and ensure to advance medicines' safety together. Plain Language Summary:

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adverse drug reaction reporting systemsCOVID-19 vaccinesdrug monitoringpharmacovigilance

Identifiers

PMID36052399
PMCPMC9424876
OpenAlexW4293104620

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Registered trials

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