PHARMAKNOWLEDGE

Pharmacovigilance is one of the most significant and interesting concept of the Pharmacy field. The word Pharmacovigilance is derived from two different words i.e. "PHARMAKON" (a Greek word) meaning "Medicinal Substance" and "VIGILIA" (a Latin word) meaning "to keep watch".  WHO defines it as " the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other medicine/ vaccine related problem." Meaning, it is all about collecting the safety data of the marketed drugs, managing them and analyzing any suspected information for the risk-benefit ratio. HISTORY There is a long history behind the development of this concept, which will be discussed here in the subsequent paragraphs. 1. In Jan 29, 1848, a young girl, from England, died after she got operated for removing an infected toe-nail. The reason behind the death was not known.   • This incident didn't raise any concern am...