Pharmacovigilance
The Drug and Device Vigilance Department
The Drug and Device Vigilance Department of Lee’s Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited (former name was The Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring), has been established since 2012 and changed its name in 2014, is responsible for vigilance activities in the group by monitoring of adverse drug reactions (ADR) and other medicine-related safety issues including collection, evaluation and management of ADR data of the group’s products. Currently, the team consists of 9 people, and 5 of whom possess a master’s degree. Responsibilities of the department are to manage the possible adverse events, to identify and evaluate the risk, as well as report and submit drug safety cases to the relevant authorities as needed. The department will examine the existing reporting procedure and eliminate or minimize factors that provide educational and training materials to raise awareness on medicine safety.