Internship report: experience in Bluepharma's pharmacovigilance sector

• Autor(a) principal: Jorge, Pedro André Alves
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/13590
• topic: Biomedicina; Farmacovigilância

The present report is intended to describe a ten-month internship for the master degree in Pharmaceutical Medicine in University of Aveiro performed in the pharmacovigilance sector of the pharmaceutical company Bluepharma – Indústria Farmacêutica, S.A. Pharmaceutical Medicine professionals, based on their background, have knowledge about theoretical and procedural concepts related to pharmacovigilance (the science responsible for the study of safety of medicinal products). The objectives of this internship forecasted the application of this knowledge, as well the acquisition and improvement of knowledge related to the pharmacovigilance and medicinal products’ safety in a professional setting. This report is divided in four sections. In section one a description of internship objectives and current state-of-art of pharmacovigilance is presented. The activities performed during this internship are described on section two, followed by their discussion on section three. Finally, section four presents a conclusion analysing the main skills and knowledge gained during this internship and their relevance for complementing academic experience.