Category: adverse events

Study finds 10% of medicines in England are overprescribed

adverse events, News, NHS England, patients, personalised healthcare, Prescribing / September 22, 2021 September 22, 2021

An alarming number of people in England are being prescribed medicines unnecessarily, which could harm their health, according to a UK government review. The study, led by the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England Dr Keith Ridge, estimates that 10% of items dispensed in primary care are inappropriate or could be better served with alternative treatments. …

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Kaiser Permanente to analyze CDC’s Covid-19 vaccine data, identify bad reactions

adverse events, analysis, CDC, Covid-19 Vaccine, Daily, data, hospitals, Kaiser Permanente, News, reactions, SYN, Top Story / January 12, 2021 January 12, 2021

The CDC has engaged the California-based health system’s Vaccine Study Center to conduct an analysis of its Covid-19 vaccine data with the aim of pinpointing adverse events and reactions. The collaboration will continue for the next three years.

MHRA looks to AI to hunt for COVID-19 vaccine side effects

adverse events, AI, coronavirus, Coronavirus Vaccine, COVID-19, digital, Genpact, MHRA, News / November 2, 2020 November 2, 2020

The UK drugs regulator has awarded a £1.5 million tender to a software company for an artificial intelligence tool that will be used to process “the expected high volume of COVID-19 vaccine adverse drug reactions (ADRs).” The tender awarded to Maidenhead, Berkshire-based GenPact UK aims to “ensure that no details from the ADRs…are missed” as …

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