Elie Magdalani
Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance
July 04 by Elie MagdalaniPharmacology is the study of the effects of drugs. The other interesting branch known as the “clinical pharmacology” is interested in the effects of drugs in humans by which therapy is individualised...
Medication Errors - A Shared Responsibility
June 03 by Elie MagdalaniWhat is a medication error? The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) defines a "medication error" as follows: "A medication error i...
Global Drug Safety and Risk Management
May 06 by Elie MagdalaniReported adverse events are an important tool for implementing a risk management program. An important contributing factor in the evolved AEs the condition of chronically ill patients taking a drug da...
Patients Safety and Clinical Trials
February 07 by Elie MagdalaniPharmacovigilance is a proactive monitoring and reporting on the quality, safety and efficacy of drugs. The main benefit is to assess any risks and to report benefits of the marketed medicines. In a...
Optimising Your Pharmacovigilance Activities in Clinical Trials
January 11 by Andrea CharlesPharmacovigilance is an important and integral part of clinical research. Elie Magdalani, Regional Manager, Medical and Pharmacovigilance Affairs Egypt and North Africa, Ranbaxy Egypt, joins An...
Thinking Patients’ Health, for a Safe Medicine
December 17 by Elie Magdalani“To undergo treatment you have to be very healthy, because apart from your sickness you have to withstand the medicine”. Molière (French Dramatist, 1622-1673) Although Molière was not a health care p...
