M. Pharmacy Quiz-54

The primary goal of Pharmacovigilance is to:

Promote drug marketing

Detect, assess, and prevent adverse drug reactions

Study drug pharmacokinetics

Improve drug taste and formulation

Which historical event triggered the establishment of modern Pharmacovigilance systems worldwide?

Aspirin toxicity cases

Sulfonamide toxicity

Thalidomide tragedy

Paracetamol overdose incidents

The WHO international drug monitoring programme is coordinated by which center?

Study US FDA

European Medicines Agency

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission

Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC), Sweden

An Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) is defined as:

Before trial Any harmful or unintended response to a drug at normal doses

Any effect occurring due to drug overdose

A harmful effect caused by drug misuse

A drug error during dispensing

In India, the National Coordination Centre (NCC) for Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI) is located at:

AIIMS New Delhi

CDSCO Mumbai

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), Ghaziabad

ICMR Headquarters

M. Pharmacy Quiz-54

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