Promoting safety of medicines for children / World Health Organization.

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Monitoring the safety of medicine use in children is of paramount importance since, during the clinical development of medicines, only limited data on this aspect are generated through clinical trials. Use of medicines outside the specifications described in the license (e.g. in terms of formulation...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	World Health Organization
Language:	English
Published:	Geneva : World Health Organization, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:	Pharmaceutical Preparations > administration & dosage. Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems. Drug Monitoring. Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions. Child. Infant. Drugs > Safety measures. Drugs > Toxicology. Drug monitoring. Pediatric pharmacology > Safety measures. Guideline.
Genre:	Guideline.
Physical Description:	59 pages ; 24 cm Also issued online.
Format:	Electronic Book

Partial Contents:

Introduction
Current situation
The essential role of safety monitoring in the life-cycle of a medicine
Medication errors
Primary responsibility of stakeholders
Guidance : measures to be taken
Measures to be taken by WHO.