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Friday, October 1, 2010

WHO Key Dates & Establishments

1968 WHO Programme established. International ADR terminology and drug dictionary
1969 Definition of ADR
1978 Operations transferred to the UMC; setting-up of relational ADR database. Regular WHO Programme member meetings
1981 Computerised version of WHO Drug Dictionary available to all
1982 ATC classification coding of all medicinal products
1985 International expert review panel created
1991 On-line WHO database search programme available to national centres
1991 Definitions of adverse event, side effect and causality assessment terms
1993 Windows-based client server program for online database searches
1993 Regular training and educational activities
1994 Methodology for use of denominator data for calculation of ADR reporting rates
1997 Knowledge-detection tool for automated signal detection (BCPNN)
1997 Promotion of communication as a necessary discipline
1998 Internet discussion group for national centres
2001 Start of Vigibase Online project
2002 New database system (Vigiflow)
2003 New Drug Dictionary with expanded data fields; agreement with IMS Health to increase information in DD
2004 Pattern recognition using the BCPNN on health databases to find safety information.

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