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ReviewDrug safety2026

VigiBase: Resource Profile Update with a Summary of Global Patterns and Trends in Adverse Event Reports for Medicines and Vaccines.

Judith S Brand, Oskar Gauffin, Daniele Sartori, Michele Fusaroli, Helena Sköld, Tomas Bergvall, Lovisa Sandberg, Magnus Wallberg, Peter Hjelmström, G Niklas Norén

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Review in Drug safety, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

10 authors.

Judith S BrandUppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3720-1274
Oskar GauffinUppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1593-356X
Daniele SartoriUppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3634-0317
Michele FusaroliUppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0254-2212
Helena SköldUppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.
Tomas BergvallUppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4394-3431
Lovisa SandbergUppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6982-5244
Magnus WallbergUppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-2681-2226
Peter HjelmströmUppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6422-284X
G Niklas NorénUppsala Monitoring Centre, Uppsala, Sweden. niklas.noren@who-umc.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4595-230X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

VigiBase, the WHO global database of adverse event reports for medicines and vaccines, receives information on suspected adverse effects of medicinal products from countries, regions and territories that are members of the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring. The database serves as a global resource for pharmacovigilance signal management and scientific development. Its initial establishment through the programme in 1968 has also contributed to the international harmonisation of adverse event report data. As of 31 December 2024, the database includes over 40 million individual case reports coded in standard terminologies (WHODrug and MedDRA

Indexed as

Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting SystemsDatabases, FactualDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsPharmacovigilanceVaccinesHumansWorld Health OrganizationVaccines

Identifiers

PMID41618069
PMCPMC13160990

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