THE IMPORTANCE OF CASE REPORTS IN PHARMACOVIGILANCE

Key words: ADR, Case report, Pharmacovigilance, Paediatrics

The publication of case reports is one of the useful didactic instrument to disseminate the knowledge on many or very rare adverse reactions that physicians must know whenever they make prescriptions. Moreover, the activity of pharmacovigilance and the recommendations that have to follow certain rules are an indispensable collaboration tool by the physicians for the drug regulatory agencies.