The pharmacovigilance specialist
Example: The pharmacovigilance specialist monitors drug safety after approval.
Definition
The pharmacovigilance specialist is a medical professional responsible for monitoring, assessing, and preventing adverse effects of pharmaceutical drugs to ensure patient safety after the drugs have been approved for use.
Etymology
The term "pharmacovigilance specialist" combines "pharmacovigilance," derived from the Greek word 'pharmakon' meaning drug and the Latin 'vigilare' meaning to watch or be vigilant, with "specialist," indicating a person skilled in a specific area. Did you know that pharmacovigilance emerged as a distinct field after the thalidomide tragedy in the 1960s to improve drug safety monitoring?
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"The pharmacovigilance specialist" appears in the Vocaplus list "English - Medical Professions - (C1) - set 1", containing 105 commonly used words.
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