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Insights from PBRER Assessments: A Risk-Based Approach

A review of PBRERs assessed between 2023 and 2025 reflects how the SFDA has gradually refined its approach to monitoring medicine safety.

10 July 2026

#MedSafetyWeek in the classroom: Strengthening the culture of ADR reporting in universities

At UAM Xochimilco in Mexico, a student-led initiative brought #MedSafetyWeek into classrooms, showing that medication safety can start well before graduation.

02 July 2026

Sharing the load to strengthen pharmacovigilance in the MENA region

Launched at the 2025 Cairo meeting, the new ISoP MENA Chapter merges two former chapters to strengthen medicine safety across the region.

25 June 2026

Misuse of dexamethasone for cosmetic weight gain in Ogun State and Lagos, Nigeria

Community pharmacists in Nigeria are witnessing a troubling rise in dexamethasone misuse for cosmetic weight gain, a hidden public health threat demanding urgent action.

18 June 2026