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Current Drug Safety

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1574-8863
ISSN (Online): 2212-3911

Defining the Pharmaceutical System to Support Proactive Drug Safety

Author(s): Vicki R. Lewis, Angelica Hernandez and Margaret Meadors

Volume 8, Issue 1, 2013

Page: [25 - 39] Pages: 15

DOI: 10.2174/1574886311308010005

Price: $65

Abstract

The military, aviation, nuclear, and transportation industries have transformed their safety records by using a systems approach to safety and risk mitigation. This article creates a preliminary model of the U.S. pharmaceutical system using available literature including academic publications, policies, and guidelines established by regulatory bodies and drug industry trade publications. Drawing from the current literature, the goals, roles, and individualized processes of pharmaceutical subsystems will be defined. Defining the pharmaceutical system provides a vehicle to assess and address known problems within the system, and provides a means to conduct proactive risk analyses, which would create significant pharmaceutical safety advancement.

Keywords: Healthcare, industry, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, supply chain, system safety.


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