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Cobert's Manual of Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance, Second Edition

Author(s): Barton Cobert, MD, FACP, FACG, FFPM, President, BLCMD Associates LLC, Westfield, New Jersey
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763791599
  • Paperback    408 pages      © 2012
Price: International Sales $100.95 US List
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Completely revised and updated, the Manual of Drug Safety and 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.

The Manual of Drug Safety and 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.

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Chapter  1  The Theory and Definitions of Drug Safety (Pharmacoviligance)
Chapter  2  Clinical Trials, Clinical Research Organizations, Phases I–IV, and Investigator-Initiated Trials
Chapter  3  Spontaneous Postmarketing Adverse Events
Chapter  4  The Theory of Drug Safety (Pharmacovigilance)
Chapter  5  Adverse Events with New Chemical Entities, Generics, Excipients, Placebos, and Counterfeits
Chapter  6  Acute and Chronic (Late Occurring) Adverse Events, Adverse Events that Disappear (BendectinTM), and Diethylstilbesterol
Chapter  7  The Mathematics of Adverse Events and A Brief Note on Pharmacoepidemiology
Chapter  8  Where Data Reside
Chapter  9  Regulations, Directives, Guidances, and Laws
Chapter  10  Children, Elderly, and Other Special (Vulnerable) Groups
Chapter  11  Drug Interactions
Chapter  12  AE Volume, Quality, Good Documentation Procedures, and Medical Records
Chapter  13  Seriousness, Expectedness, and Causality
Chapter  14  Coding of AEs and Drug Names
Chapter  15  Expedited and Aggregate Reporting in Clinical Trials
Chapter  16  Post Marketing Spontaneous ICSR/SAE Reporting
Chapter  17  Periodic Adverse Drug Experience Reports (PADERS): NDA Periodic Reports and Periodic Safety Update Reports (PSURs)
Chapter  18  Epidemiology and Pharmacoepidemiology: What Are They? What Are Their Limitations and Advantages?
Chapter  19  Signals and Signaling in the Context of Risk Management
Chapter  20  Information Technology, Databases, and Computers
Chapter  21  The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and MedWatch
Chapter  22  The European Medicines Agency (EMA, EMEA)
Chapter  23  The Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance
Chapter  24  UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Chapter  25  Health Canada/Santé Canada
Chapter  26  Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
Chapter  27  The Uppsala Monitoring Centre
Chapter  28  Data Privacy and Security
Chapter  29  The Roles and Interactions of Companies, Governments, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and Others in the World of Pharmacovigilance
Chapter  30  Risk: What is it? Risk Management and Assessment, Risk Evaluation and Minimization Systems (REMS), and Risk Management Plans (RMPs)
Chapter  31  The US FDA’s Three Risk Guidances of 2005
Chapter  32  Data Management Committees and IRBs/Ethics Committees
Chapter  33  Product Quality Issues
Chapter  34  Drug Labeling
Chapter  35  Pregnancy and Lactation
Chapter  36  CIOMS
Chapter  37  International Conference on Harmonization (ICH)
Chapter  38  Pharmaceutical Companies
Chapter  39  Universities and Academic Medical Centers
Chapter  40  Organization of a Typical Drug Safety Department
Chapter  41  How an Individual Case Safety Report (ICSR) is Handled from Start to Finish
Chapter  42  The Safety Department’s Role in Clinical Research, Marketing and Sales, Labeling, Regulatory Due Diligence, and Legal Issues
Chapter  43  SOPs, Working Documents, Manuals, Guidelines
Chapter  44  Training
Chapter  45  Vaccinovigilance
Chapter  46  Toxic Effects of Immunogenicity to Biopharmaceuticals
Chapter  47  Business Partners and Exchange of Safety Data
Chapter  48  Audits and Inspections
Chapter  49  Summary/Description of PV Systems and Risk Based Inspections
Chapter  50  Ethical Issues and Conflicts of Interest
Chapter  51  Vigilance of Natural Health Products
Chapter  52  Real World Issues: Fialuridine
Chapter  53  Real World Issues: Fen-Phen
Chapter  54  Real World Issues: Nomifensine
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Barton Cobert, MD, FACP, FACG, FFPM-President, BLCMD Associates LLC, Westfield, New Jersey

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.

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  • The book is very detailed. It defines drug safety and adverse drug events, and it is an excellent guide to the different regulatory agencies that oversee medication therapy in the United States and other countries. It provides information on medications from research and approval to post-marketing surveillance and ongoing monitoring.  This manual is useful as a tool for education in pharmacy schools and as a resource for pharmacy quality management. It is the most comprehensive reference I have seen on pharmacovigilance.

    Barbara L Giacomelli, PharmD, MBA, FASHP
    McKesson Provider Technologies
    Doody's Book Review - 4 Stars

  • This book aims at drug safety and pharmacovigilance professionals, among which pharmaceutical and clinical research scientist, programmers, medical writers and technicians. It aims at (very) broad audience and tries to cover every ins and outs, both from a clinical, pharmacological and methodological perspective. If you indeed want a broad introduction on drug safety and are looking for an accessible, practical framework for the analysis and interpretation of drug safety data this book might be what you are looking for.

    International Society of Pharmacovigilance

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