Global safety monitoring of COVID-19 vaccines: how pharmacovigilance rose to the challenge

• Main Authors: Annette Rudolph (Author), Joseph Mitchell (Author), Jim Barrett (Author), Helena Sköld (Author), Henric Taavola (Author), Nils Erlanson (Author), Carlos Melgarejo-González (Author), Qun-Ying Yue (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pharmacovigilance (PV) came suddenly into the spotlight when several new vaccines, developed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, received emergency authorisation and were rolled out on a large scale in late 2020. The vaccines underwent stringent clinical trials and evaluation from regulatory aut...