August 26, 2022 – Traditionally, pharmacovigilance (PV), is the pharmaceutical science relating to the “collection, detection, assessment, monitoring, and prevention” of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) with pharmaceutical products and associated therapies. Pharmacovigilance is based on information about ADRs received from patients and healthcare …

Pharmacogenovigilance: Has the time come? Read more »

25 June 2022 – Xalkori (Crizotinib)-related ocular toxicity and severe visual loss are difficult to detect in children. This comes out of a Dear Healthcare Professional Communication (DHPC) letter from the European Medicine Agency (EMA) following it’s June 2022 Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment …

Xalkori: Ocular Toxicity and Severe Visual Loss in Children Read more »

April 30, 2022 – In a very recent report published in PLoS Genetics  by Dr. Verma of the Corporal Michael Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, and colleagues, new data from the Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program (MVP) has …

Genetic links revealed between severe COVID-19 and other diseases Read more »

June 30, 2021 – This post is based on an overview given by the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) of the United States on the current knowledge on the occurrence of severe adverse effects (SAE) after anti-Covid-19 vaccination as reported …

Serious adverse events after Covid-19 vaccination occur but are very rare Read more »

February 08, 2021 – In the period of the Covid-19 pandemic and the emerging spectrum of severe adverse (drug) reactions (SADRs) of the anti-Covid-19 vaccines in some patients receiving these vaccines, one easily forgets about the same phenomenon of SADRS …

Fingolimod (Gilenya): Warnings on severe liver failures Read more »

January 26, 2021 – To date, a rare serious adverse (drug) reaction (SADR) has been noted to be associated with the first two Covid-19 vaccines, i.e., the one from Pfizer-BioNTech and the one from Moderna. We are talking about anaphylaxis, which …

Rare cases of anaphylaxis with COVID-19 vaccines Read more »

March 25, 2020 – The Covid-19 pandemic keeps the word abreast. Drastic measures have been and are being taken worldwide by governments, hospitals, healthcare  care providers, and retiring homes in attempts to halt the spreading of Covid-19 disease. Recently, there have …

Covid-19 disease: Be careful with chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine Read more »

September 05, 2019 – An E-cigarette is a handheld battery-powered vaporizer that simulates smoking by providing some of the behavioral aspects of smoking, including the hand-to-mouth action of smoking, but without burning tobacco. Using an E-cigarette is known as “vaping” and …

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June 08, 2019 – For some time now, Tofacitinib (Xeljanz) receives intense attention in the media, with regulatory authorities, and patients and treating physicians alike because of serious concerns of increased risk of blood clots in the lungs and increased mortality in patients …

Tofacitinib (Xeljanz): Dangers of blood clots in the lungs and of death Read more »

19 April 2019 – Alemtuzumab (Lemtrada) is used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). Moreover, Alemtuzumab, under the Tradenames of Campt, MabCampath and Campt-1H is on the markets for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), and T-cell …

Lemtrada: Deleterious unwanted effects in some multiple sclerosis patients Read more »