The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines the term Signal as "reported information on a possible
causal relationship between an adverse event and drug, the relationship being unknown or incompletely
documented previously”. Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) may be identified as Signals for clinical and /
or quantitative reasons. This course will cover the fundamentals of classical and statistical signal detection
and data mining in Pharmacovigilance.
causal relationship between an adverse event and drug, the relationship being unknown or incompletely
documented previously”. Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) may be identified as Signals for clinical and /
or quantitative reasons. This course will cover the fundamentals of classical and statistical signal detection
and data mining in Pharmacovigilance.