The Importance of Pharmacovigilance in Generic Drugs: Ensuring Patient Safety and Effective Surveillance

Pharmacovigilance is vital for monitoring the safety and effectiveness of generic drugs, which make up a growing part of modern healthcare. It helps detect, assess and prevent adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Clinicians are crucial to this process, and while there are benefits to generic drugs like cost savings and accessibility, their complex formulations require careful observation. Challenges for pharmacovigilance include standardizing competencies and improving ADR reporting.