Pharmacovigilance: Safety Monitoring, Risk Management and Quality Assurance in the Digital Health Era

Master
2nd level vocational master
A.Y. 2024/2025
Study area
Pharmacy
2nd level vocational master
66
ECTS
1
Years
Italian
Master Coordinator
The programme aims to develop professionals with the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge base regarding risk assessment and monitoring of adverse effects associated with a medical treatment.
Each pharmaceutical company operating on the Italian and European market is required to have a pharmacovigilance service for its products, ensuring continuous safety monitoring, updating of safety information, as well as implementation of risk management and risk minimisation plans.
Moreover, the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA), under the direction of the Ministry of Health, manages the Italian national pharmacovigilance system and the National Pharmacovigilance Network (RNF) for the collection of spontaneous reports, in collaboration with the Regional Centres of Pharmacovigilance and the Local Pharmacovigilance Managers working at local healthcare authorities (ASL), hospitals and scientific institutes for research, hospitalisation and healthcare (IRCCS).
To be eligible for the programme, candidates must hold a Master's or Single Cycle degree under Ministerial Decree 270/2004.
Employment opportunities for those who complete the proposed vocational master are to be found in public and private organisations operating within the national and international health services, such as: AIFA; EMA; World Health Organisation; Regional Centres of Pharmacovigilance; local health authorities; hospitals; pharmaceutical companies; universities; contract research organizations; non-profit organizations; pharmacovigilance outsourcing companies.

Courses list

Open sessions
Courses or activities Professor(s) ECTS Total hours Language
Compulsory
Biostatistica e farmacoepidemiologia
4 32 Italian
Disegno di un progetto di farmacovigilanza
5 75 Italian
Farmaco: sviluppo clinico e aic
5 35 Italian
Farmacologia clinica
4 29 Italian
Il farmaco nel post-marketing: il settore privato
4 32 Italian
Il farmaco nel post-marketing: il settore pubblico
4 30 Italian
Inquadramento epidemiologico relativo al disegno di studi osservazionali
5 75 Italian
Inquadramento farmacologico relativo al disegno di studi clinici
5 80 Italian
Inquadramento relativo alle metodologie in farmacovigilanza
8 112 Italian

Enrolment

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