Reporting of adverse events is a mainstay of pharmacovigilance, and an ongoing challenge for the field is how to ensure more reports of higher quality to provide more comprehensive information. A simple app is now being deployed by Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC), internationally to boost both the quantity and quality of reporting
UMC along with the World Health Organization (WHO), and the MHRA have collaborated to produce a generic version of the app, the Med Safety App, which is able to be used in multiple countries. This has made it possible for low- and middle-income countries, and other non-EU countries within the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring, to adopt an individualised version of the app.
The Med Safety App, previously known as the WEB-RADR App, has been developed through the Innovative Medicines Initiative WEB- Recognising Adverse Drug Reactions (WEB- RADR) project. WEB-RADR was launched in September 2014 as part of a broader call to leverage emerging technology for pharmacovigilance.
Source Article: https://www.uppsalareports.org/articles/med-safety-app-an-international-mobile-tool-for-drug-safety/
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