Chinese Journal of Pharmacovigilance ›› 2019, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (8): 473-477.

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Investigation and Analysis on the Status quo of Post-marketing Risk Monitoring System of TCM Formula Granules

LIU Zhen1, YU Jinyang1,*, ZHOU Jie2   

  1. 1 Center for ADR Monitoring of Guangdong,Guangdong Guangzhou 510080;
    2 Guangzhou Evidence-based Medicine Technology Co.,ltd.,Guangdong Guangzhou 510060, China
  • Received:2019-09-09 Revised:2019-09-09 Online:2019-08-20 Published:2019-09-09

Abstract: Objective To understand the status quo of post-marketing risk monitoring system of TCM formula granules and guide enterprises to build a perfect safety monitoring system, so as to provide references for enterprises to carry out follow-up safety and effectiveness evaluations and provide basis for supervision of TCM formula granules. Methods The data were collected mainly by electronic questionnaires and supplemented by interviews, a total of 37 questions were set in the questionnaire for enterprises producing TCM formula granules, and 6 enterprises were investigated; Questionnaires for medical institutions were distributed online with 45 questions in total and 161 ones were collected. Results All six enterprises have established the organizational structure and basic system for adverse reaction monitoring. Two enterprises considered that clinical studies needed to be carried out to evaluate the safety of varieties, two tended to carry out centralized post-marketing safety monitoring, and three tended to carry out randomized controlled clinical trials. The questionnaires collected from doctors showed that doctors are currently informed of adverse reactions mainly through patients' active feedback (73.56%). For the adverse reaction monitoring methods carried out in the future, 83.90% of clinicians considered that clinical studies needed to be carried out to evaluate the safety of varieties, 56.90% of clinicians tended to carry out centralized post-marketing safety monitoring, and 51.72% of clinicians tended to carry out randomized controlled clinical trials. Conclusions Enterprises did not pay enough attention to the safety monitoring of TCM formula granules. It is suggested that enterprises should summarize and analyze the safety data of previous clinical studies, implement the systems of main responsibility and direct reporting of adverse drug reactions at the same time, and actively monitor, analyze and evaluate the adverse drug reactions.

Key words: TCM formula granules, post-marketing, risk monitoring system

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