Pharmacovigilance as an imperative of modern medicine – experience from Montenegro

  • Snežana Mugoša
  • Maja Stanković Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
  • Maja Stanković Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
  • Nemanja Turković Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
  • Nemanja Turković Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
  • Majda Šahman-Zaimović Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
  • Majda Šahman-Zaimović Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
  • Željka Bešović Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
  • Željka Bešović Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
  • Milorad Drljević Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
  • Milorad Drljević Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
Keywords: pharmacovigilance, drug utilization review, adverse drug reaction reporting systems, drug utilization,

Author Biography

Snežana Mugoša

Medicinski fakultet

specijalsta interne medicine

doktor medicinskih nauka u oblasti kliničke farmakologije i terapije

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2017/06/02
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