Importance of Pharmacovigilance during a pandemic Pharmacovigilance can be simply defined as the intense supervision and monitoring of a drug or drug related products during its clinical trials and thereafter its launch to the market. Pharma comes from a Greek word Pharmakeia which means drugs, medicines, or remedies and vigilance…
Who is a CRC? A Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) is a person responsible for conducting clinical trials using good clinical practice (GCP) under the instructions from a Principal Investigator (PI). A health care professional who, under the supervision of the investigator, submits all research documents to IRB, schedules and implements the study visit requirement, co-ordinates all…
Pharmacovigilance is a science of detecting and reporting adverse drug reactions, adverse events, and abnormal laboratory findings. Prior to release into the market, all new medicines/ medical devices must have completed a series of clinical trials with patients. These trials are aimed to establish the safety and efficacy of the…
What is Pharmacovigilance? An apple a day keeps the doctor away. But nothing ever keeps a researcher away. A researcher’s job is the backbone of medical sciences. Clinical research is, therefore, a driving factor for the healthy survival of human beings. It is common knowledge that any drug, prior to…
The World as we knew it, ceased to exist after the incursion of the Novel Coronavirus which is now a widespread global pandemic. The dire consequences of this scenario have affected every fabric of the ecosystem we live in. While the entire country was under lockdown, significant socio-economic changes were…
WHY YOUR KIDS’ PLAYGROUND IS UNSAFE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC….. The coronavirus can stick around on surfaces for a long time. It takes 72 hours for the virus to become undetectable on plastic, about 48 hours on stainless steel and cardboard, and 8 hours on copper. Even if kids are practicing…
Everything you need to know about N95 Masks As COVID-19 spreads around the world and cases continue to increase, there are multiple aspects of the worldwide pandemic to pay attention to. From knowing the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic, the signs and symptoms of COVID-19, and what hospital…
A Group Discussion or GD evaluates the qualities of a person. It assesses the leadership skills, social skills, team skills, problem-solving skills and presence of mind in an individual. Group Discussion is an energized discussion where a topic is examined and discussed, and in the end, the participants come to…
Every year, more than 40 lakh people across the globe die within 30 days of a surgical operation! And, half of these deaths occur in low and middle income countries. India is one such country on the list. But, what is the main reason behind such deaths? It is Surgical…
