The Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program (BCDSP), established in 1966, was a pioneer in the field of drug
epidemiology
Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and Risk factor (epidemiology), determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge to prevent dise ...
, pharmacoepidemiology . Still active, the group has published over 400 articles and reviews in
peer-reviewed journal
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s. The group uses large patient databases, in particular the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), formerly the General Practice Research Database (GPRD), to evaluate and quantify the potential adverse effects of prescription drugs.
See also
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Pharmacovigilance
Pharmacovigilance (PV, or PhV), also known as drug safety, is the pharmaceutical science relating to the "collection, detection, assessment, monitoring, and prevention" of adverse effects with pharmaceutical products.
The etymological roots ...
External links
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CPRD homepage
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Epidemiological study projects