Drug Safety Matters

by Uppsala Monitoring Centre

Drug Safety Matters brings you the best stories from the world of pharmacovigilance. Through in-depth interviews with our guests, we cover new research and trends, and explore the most pressing issues in medicines safety today. Produced by Uppsala Monitoring Centre, the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring.

The views and opinions expressed in the podcast are those of the hosts and guests respectively and, unless otherwise stated, do not represent the position of any institution to which they are affiliated.

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#47 Viewing global pharmacovigilance through the local lens – Salvador Alvarado & Matthew Barwick

Send us a voicemail!Global pharmacovigilance requires harmonised methods, but solutions must be tailored to the local context. We sat down with Salvad...

39m

•Sep 3, 2026

Ask us anything about… pharmacovigilance careers!

Send a message to the show!From signal assessor to researcher, QPPV and more, pharmacovigilance specialists play vital roles that differ widely based ...

•Jun 25, 2026

#46 Protecting the health ecosystem – Valentina Giunchi & Joe Mitchell

Send us a voicemail!Pharmacovigilance has traditionally focused on the patient at the receiving end of a medicine. But what happens to medicines once ...

34m

•Jun 4, 2026

#45 How to perform better disproportionality analyses – Michele Fusaroli & Eugene van Puijenbroek

Send us a voicemail!For all its ease and speed, disproportionality analysis can be distorted by many biases, making it easy to misuse and misinterpret...

46m

•Mar 26, 2026

#44 Rethinking medical device safety, part 2 – Omar Aimer

Send us a voicemail!Medical device pharmacovigilance is complicated. Alongside clinical safety, there are technology risks, from cybersecurity threats...

20m

•Feb 26, 2026

#43 Rethinking medical device safety, part 1 – Omar Aimer

Send us a voicemail!Medical device pharmacovigilance is complicated. Alongside clinical safety, there are technology risks, from cybersecurity threats...

22m

•Jan 28, 2026

Episodes

Showing 6 of 16 episodes

Create a free account to unlock all episodes and start listening

#47 Viewing global pharmacovigilance through the local lens – Salvador Alvarado & Matthew Barwick

Send us a voicemail!Global pharmacovigilance requires harmonised methods, but solutions must be tailored to the local context. We sat down with Salvad...

39m

•Sep 3, 2026

Ask us anything about… pharmacovigilance careers!

Send a message to the show!From signal assessor to researcher, QPPV and more, pharmacovigilance specialists play vital roles that differ widely based ...

•Jun 25, 2026

#46 Protecting the health ecosystem – Valentina Giunchi & Joe Mitchell

Send us a voicemail!Pharmacovigilance has traditionally focused on the patient at the receiving end of a medicine. But what happens to medicines once ...

34m

•Jun 4, 2026

#45 How to perform better disproportionality analyses – Michele Fusaroli & Eugene van Puijenbroek

Send us a voicemail!For all its ease and speed, disproportionality analysis can be distorted by many biases, making it easy to misuse and misinterpret...

46m

•Mar 26, 2026

#44 Rethinking medical device safety, part 2 – Omar Aimer

Send us a voicemail!Medical device pharmacovigilance is complicated. Alongside clinical safety, there are technology risks, from cybersecurity threats...

20m

•Feb 26, 2026

#43 Rethinking medical device safety, part 1 – Omar Aimer

Send us a voicemail!Medical device pharmacovigilance is complicated. Alongside clinical safety, there are technology risks, from cybersecurity threats...

22m

•Jan 28, 2026