main
President
Regional Government
Citizen Space
Business Space
About Azores
  news Legislation Schedule Communities Contacts Portal Map Links Help
Versão PortuguesaMUDAR LÍNGUA
See in: entities  categories
 

Administration
Agriculture and Forestry
Business Relations with the Regional Government
Civil Protection
Closing a company
Communities
Culture
Economical Inspection
Education
Elections
Employment
Energy
Environment
Financing and Incentives
Fisheries
Health
Housing and Infrastructures
Human Resource Management
Importing/Exporting
Industry
Inovation, Reserach and Development and Technology
Law, Regulations
Legislation
Leisure_and_Utilities
Rights
Science and Technology
Social Security
Sport
Starting a company
Statistics and Indicators
Statistics
Taxes
Tourism
Trade
Transports
Youth

 
Media
      

Get News of the Government by RSS - click here
Know more about RSS ...

 

Ponta Delgada ,  May 10, 2018

First Pharmacovigilance Unit in the Azores created in partnership with Infarmed to monitor drug safety

The Regional Secretary for Health announced in Ponta Delgada the creation of the first Pharmacovigilance Unit in the Azores to ensure the effective monitoring of drug safety.
 
"Our commitment to Infarmed was to provide a team in charge of carrying out this project, which is already fulfilled with a two-day training. This marks the entry into operation of this Unit," said Rui Luís, who spoke at the opening of the information session on "Pharmacovigilance - The Importance of Notifying Adverse Drug Reactions."
 
Rui Luís also revealed that the Pharmacovigilance Unit, operated by our professionals, will be located at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital in Ponta Delgada, covering the entire population of the Azores.
 
The Secretary for Health added that the second phase will include the creation of a network of delegates on all islands of the Azores, including health centres and hospitals.
 
With this Pharmacovigilance Unit in the Azores, the National Pharmacovigilance System now comprises eight units located in Guimarães, Oporto, Coimbra, Covilhã, Lisbon (2) and Faro.
 
The National Pharmacovigilance System annually receives about 6,000 reports of adverse drug reactions, including information on the safety of drugs used during pregnancy and lactation.
 
"Medications are safe when they enter the market, but, sometimes, there are adverse situations and this is what we are talking about: the possibility of allowing patients or health professionals to notify an adverse reaction," stressed Rui Luís.
 
The reports may be registered by patients and health professionals on the Infarmed portal at the address http://www.infarmed.pt/web/infarmed/submissaoram.
 
Speaking on the sidelines of this information session, the Regional Secretary stated that a team will be available 24 hours a day, in person and by telephone, to assist in the registration of reports and provide first aid if the adverse reaction is serious.
 
"From now on, this Unit will be able to analyse the reports registered on all islands of the Azores and insert them in the European database, thus contributing to the effectiveness of drug safety throughout Europe," stressed Rui Luis.


GaCS/MS
 
 
 
 
 
   
 

Official government press-releases presented in all foreign languages interfaces of the Azorean Government Portal (Portal do Governo dos Açores) are a sub-set of the government's official press-releases daily output and are chosen for translation and publication on the foreign language interfaces based on audience segmentation criteria. The entire collection of the Azorean government press-releases is available in portuguese, here, from the GACS Press Office site.

 
   Print   Send Send News   GaCS GaCS Site   Regional Press Regional Press   rss  
     

Last News

Search
 
Where?
Advanced Search >>
 
 



 
 

This e-mail address is at your disposal for you to place your questions to the Regional Government of the Azores.
Ask the Government!

 

Health Ombudsman
  
Listen to this Page LISTEN
Go to top of page TOP
help HELP
Versão PortuguesaMUDAR LÍNGUA

 
Símbol of Acessibilidade on Web
main | President | Regional Government | Citizen Space | Business Space | About Azores | My Site