Jones & Bartlett Learning Announces Cobert's Manual of Drug Safety & Pharmacovigilance
April 4, 2011 – Sudbury, MA – Jones and Bartlett Learning is pleased to announce the publication of Cobert's Manual of Drug Safety & Pharmacovigilance, Second Edition for 2011, by Barton Cobert, MD, FACP, FACG, FFPM, President, BLCMD Associates LLC, Westfield, New Jersey.
Completely revised and updated, Cobert’s Manual of Drug Safety & Pharmacovigilance, Second Edition is a how-to manual for those working in the fields of drug safety, clinical research, pharmacology, regulatory affairs, government and legal professions. This comprehensive and practical guide discusses the theory and the practicalities of drug safety (also known as pharmacovigilance) and side effects, as well as providing essential information on drug safety and regulations, including: recognizing, monitoring, reporting and cataloging serious adverse drug reactions.
Cobert’s Manual of Drug Safety & Pharmacovigilance, Second Edition teaches the ins and outs of drug safety in the industry, hospitals, FDA, and other health agencies both in the US and around the world, and presents critical information about what is done when confronted with a drug safety problem.
About the Author:
Barton Lewis Cobert MD, FACP, FACG, FFPM has had a long career in the clinical practice of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine as well as, in the pharmaceutical industry specializing in drug safety and risk management. For over a decade he was Global Head of Drug Safety (side effects) for the Schering-Plough Research Institute and held similar positions for Novartis Consumer Health Inc. He has also worked in the information technology industry at Medidata Solutions. Dr. Cobert was born in New York City and received his BA from New York University and his MD from New York University School of Medicine. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Gastroenterology and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (UK). He has written and lectured extensively both nationally and internationally on drug safety, side effects and the safe use of medications. He has written three books on drug safety including the Manual of Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance which is used as a textbook in courses on drug safety. Dr. Cobert is president of BLCMD Associated LLC, a drug safety and pharmacovigilance consulting company in Westfield, NJ.