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This chapter represents the core of this study and presents the main findings. The aim of this chapter is threefold. First, it offers in-depth explanations of the adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting systems, and it describes relevant tasks and actors involved in all six countries under consideration (the United Kingdom, Finland, Poland, France, Portugal and Germany).
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- Healthcare Professional
- Competent Authority
- Batch Number
- Awareness Raising
- Pharmacovigilance System
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Kaeding, M., Schmälter, J., Klika, C. (2017). Practical Implementation in Six Member States. In: Pharmacovigilance in the European Union. Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-17276-3_5
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