Viewpoint Parts 1 - Uppsala Monitoring Centre

The companion booklet, Viewpoint Part 2,contains the following material:A full description of the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring,and detailed scientific and technical accounts of• Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems, Evaluation and Quality Control(including the Bayesian Confidence Propagation Neural Network for signaldetection)• Core Products and Services (including the WHO Drug Dictionary andmuch else)• Publications• Collaborations• Communications• Issues in Pharmacovigilance• Training• Consumer and Patient Groups• Bibliography of UMC academic publications– and considerably more, including a list of acronyms,a specific glossary and scientific definitions.Copies obtainable from the UMC.How to find out more:The website of the UMC – www.who-umc.org – contains Viewpoint Parts 1 and 2(including summaries in English, French and Spanish) and much more, includinglinks to related sites of interest.For more copies of this booklet or of the companion volume, or summary versionsin English, French or Spanish or for any other enquiries or information, pleasecontact us:Fax: +46 18 65 60 80Email: info@who-umc.orgContact from you will be very welcome!Acknowledgementsthe UMC acknowledges with thanks the advice and support of many friendsand colleagues in the preparation of Viewpoint, in particular:Tom Bell, Julie Bowdler, Ian Cockburn, Arnold Gordon, Andrew Herxheimer,Kenneth and Catherine Hartigan-Go, Ana-Maria Côrrea Nunes, Alejandro Maria GoyretSacarelo, Nermine Zejnullahu, who read and commented on early drafts.Photo Credits: Geoffrey Bowring, Bruce Hugman, Cecilia Biriell, Cancer Relief India, PreviewWHO Collaborating Centrefor International Drug MonitoringStora Torget 3, S-753 20 Uppsala. SwedenTel +46 18 65 60 60. Fax +46 18 65 60 80E-mail: info@who-umc.orgWebsite: www.who-umc.orgViewpoint edited by Bruce Hugman, (Consultant to the UMC) (+44 7770 725354);Project Co-ordinator Cecilia Biriell (UMC); designed and typeset by Vajer [wire], Uppsala(+46 18 10 94 01); printed in Sweden by TK Uppsala.Viewpoint © the Uppsala Monitoring Centre 2002Second printing 2005