After triage, the case may enter the processing step. The purpose of case processing is to ensure a standard and structured way to capture the case information in the safety database.

In my last article in December 2016, I introduced about the pharmacovigilance system to be set up by pharmaceutical companies and one of the key elements being a quality system describing the procedures.

In my last article in October 2016, I used an example to discuss whether efficacy or safety comes first in the aspect of drug development. I would like to share Shyam Krishnan’s response, which well summarizes that pharmaceutical...