Materiovigilance Programme of India: Current status and way forward

Postmarketing vigilance system for medical devices in India is not as vigorous as of drugs. W Materiovigilance involves post marketing surveillance of adverse events caused by medical devices. As per directive of WHO, many countries including India have established their own post marketing surveilla...

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Autores principales: Saifuddin, P. K., Tandon, Moksh, Kalaiselvan, Vivekanandan, Suroy, Benjamin, Pattanshetti, Vidya, Prakash, Ajay, Medhi, Bikash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9396683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35848694
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijp.ijp_837_21
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Sumario:Postmarketing vigilance system for medical devices in India is not as vigorous as of drugs. W Materiovigilance involves post marketing surveillance of adverse events caused by medical devices. As per directive of WHO, many countries including India have established their own post marketing surveillance system. In India it is known as Materiovigilance Programme of India (MvPI). This article reviews the current state of MvPI, compares it with developed countries, identifies gaps, and recommends specific measure to strengthen the existing program.

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