PvPI Edited
PvPI Edited
PvPI Edited
PROGRAMME OF
INDIA
INTRODUCTION
The Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI) was initiated by CDSCO under the aegis of Ministry
of Health Family and Welfare.
On 14th July 2010 with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi as the National
Coordination Centre for monitoring Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) in the country.
In the year 2010, 22 ADR monitoring centres including AIIMS, New Delhi was set up under this
Programme.
The National Coordination Centre was shifted from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),
New Delhi to the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh on 15th April 2011.
OBJECTIVES
To create a nation-wide
To emerge as a national centre of system for patient safety
excellence for Pharmacovigilance reporting
activities
To collaborate with other national To identify and
centres analyze the new
signal (ADR) from the
for the exchange of information and reported cases
data management
To communicate the
To analyze the
safety information on
benefit - risk ratio of
use of medicines to
marketed
various stakeholders
medications
to minimize the risk
To support regulatory
agencies in the To generate the
decision-making evidence based
process on use of information on safety
medications of medicines
GOALS OF PvPI
To enroll initially all MCI approved medical colleges in the program covering north,
south, east and west of India.
To encourage healthcare professionals in reporting of adverse reaction of drugs,
vaccines, medical devices and biological products.
To expand the Pharmacovigilance programme to all hospitals (govt. & private) and
The Uppsala Monitoring Centre is responsible for the collection of data about adverse
drug reactions from around the world, especially from countries that are members of
the WHO including India.
Member countries send their reports to the Uppsala Monitoring Centre where they are
processed, evaluated and entered into the WHO International Database.
When there are several reports of adverse reactions to a particular drug this process
may lead to the detection of a signal — an alert about a possible hazard and will be
communicated to member countries.
This happens only after detailed evaluation & expert review. These ADR reports are
assessed locally and may lead to action within the country.
Spontaneous
Reporting
PV Methods in
PvPI
Targeted
Cohort Event
Spontaneous
Monitoring
Reporting
1. SPONTANEOUS REPORTING
A spontaneous report is an unsolicited communication by healthcare professionals or consumers to a
company, regulatory authority or other organization (e.g., WHO, CDSCO etc.) that describes one or
more adverse drug reactions in a patient who was given one or more medicinal products and that
does not derive from a study or any organized data collection scheme
SPONTANEOUS REPORTING SYSTEM UNDER PVPI
ELECTRONIC REPORTING: Electronic transmission of ICSRs from ADR Monitoring Centers to National
Coordination Centre through VigiFlow (WHO Global Safety Database).
To learn more about the ADR profile of specific medicine(s) in a targeted population
Or
To estimate the incidence of a known ADR to a specific medicine in the targeted population.
3. COHORT EVENT MONITORING
OBJECTIVE:
A prospective, longitudinal, observational, cohort study of adverse events associated with one or more
monitored medicines.
It is related to class of medicine that has previously caused ADRs Potentially significant adverse event
observed during post-marketing surveillance.
MANDATORY
FIELDS OF ADR
FORMS
THE IMPORTANT FIELDS THAT HAS TO BE FILLED IN THE
ADR FORM TO CONSIDER IT AS A VALID REPORT.