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UAE Holds First Pharmacovigilance Workshop

December 28, 2007

The first national pharmacovigilance (PV) workshop to highlight the need to control drug safety was held recently in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

A group of representatives from the Health Authority Abu Dhabi, the World Health Organization, UAE University, the Ministry of Health and the Department of Health and Medical Services finalized recommendations to establish a national PV committee, which will include representatives from the health authorities, the ministry, military medical services, academia, private sector and industry, according to the UAE newspaper Gulf News.

The ministry and UAE University will work on setting up the committee.