Clinical Research & Clinical Trials

Post Marketing Surveillance

A crucial component of the science of pharmacovigilance is post marketing surveillance, which involves keeping an eye on the security of pharmaceutical products and medical devices after their introduction on the market. Since clinical trials—involving relatively few individuals who typically do not have additional medical conditions that exist in the general population—are the basis for the acceptance and approval of drugs and medical devices, post-marketing surveillance can further hone, or confirm, the safety of a drug or device after it has been used in the general population by numerous individuals with a variety of medical conditions.