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Pharmacist as Pharmacovigilance Practitioner

Vijay Venkatraman Janarthanan1★, Ganesan Ramakrishnan1, Subashchander Krishnamurthy1, Akash Imayam Sahar1★ Corresponding author

  1. 1Oviya MedSafe Pvt. Ltd, 2nd Floor, KTVR Gardens 220a-3, Marudha Konar Road Velandipalayam, Coimbatore–641 025, Tamil Nadu, INDIA.

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Vijay Venkatraman Janarthanan

Oviya MedSafe Pvt. Ltd, 2nd Floor, KTVR Gardens 220a-3, Marudha Konar Road Velandipalayam, Coimbatore–641 025, Tamil Nadu, INDIA.

vijay.j@oviyamedsafe. com

Received: 02-02-2015; Accepted: 11-03-2015.

Volume 8, Issue 1 · pp. 2–6 · PUBLISHED · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.8.1.2

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ABSTRACT

Pharmacy as a profession has made significant progress in the recent years. It has seen a paradigm shift from product orientation to patient focus. Pharmacist should realize it’s no more a task carried out behind the curtains. This article introduces aspiring pharmacists to one such profession where they can extend their roles as providers of service which promotes drug safety.

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    Janarthanan, V. V., Ramakrishnan, G., Krishnamurthy, S., & Sahar, A. I. (). Pharmacist as Pharmacovigilance Practitioner. Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 8(1), 2–6. https://doi.org/10.5530/ijopp.8.1.2