Pharmacology Unit - Veneto Pharmacovigilance Centre (Pharmacol UNIVR), University Hospital Verona

The Centre is also part of the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine,University of Verona. It is responsible for the PV activities in the Veneto Region collaborating with the National Agency (AIFA) in analyzing the Italian spontaneous reporting database. Specific expertise and role are present in signal detection methodologies,drug and reactions terminologies and signal communication and diffusion. We are also Reference Centre for Education and Communication within the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring and we publish a pharmacovigilance bulletin,FOCUS Farmacovigilanza,member of the International Society of Drug Bullettins (ISDB).Moreover,the Centre organizes and participates in national and international pharmacoepidemiological studies including specific issues (e.g. drug induced hepatitis,biologicals and vaccines),development of spontaneous reporting system (e.g. patient reporting),medication errors and is involved in ecopharmacovigilance issue.