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October 11, 2006
Annual Meeting of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP) - "Joining Forces for Managing Risks"
Location: Liege, Belgium
Dates: 11-13 October 2006
The general theme for the 6th Annual Meeting chosen by the Scientific Committee is “Joining Forces for Managing Risks”.
Recent examples have illustrated the difficulty to successfully combine two objectives for new drugs: to offer innovator drugs to better treat or relieve diseases and to achieve the highest level of safety for patients. It has also been realised that early management of risks is essential to ensure availability and continuous use of safe and effective medicines.
The concept of risk management has been introduced in many regions in order to identify, assess and reduce drug-related risks at an early stage after marketing. But it is only through effective collaboration and common understanding between pharmaceutical companies, regulators and academia that these objectives will be achieved. Using the experience collected so far, the 6th ISoP Annual Meeting will discuss important aspects of risk management and draw lessons for the future.
The 6th ISoP Annual Meeting will follow the 29th Annual Meeting of National Centres participating in the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring (9-11 October 2006). A joint session will be organised on 11 October. It will represent a wonderful opportunity to share worldwide experience on drug safety.
Further information can be found at http://www.isop2006.org/.
