This is an annual event. The theme for this year's National Pharmacovigilance Week is "Pharmacovi…

This is an annual event. The theme for this year's National Pharmacovigilance Week is "Pharmacovigilance: A step towards Patient Safety".

Healthcare professionals including physicians, nurses, pharmacist and others are the backbone of the healthcare system who contributes for patient safety. Hence, Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission has decided to celebrate “National Pharmacovigilance Week” on the occasion of patient safety day which with an aim to reach out to healthcare professionals common masses about the importance of reporting adverse drug reaction.

NCC-PvPI on behalf of the Union ministry of health & family welfare urged all the healthcare professionals, marketing authorization holders, professional bodies, academic institutions and other stakeholders to celebrate it by organizing activities like conferences, debates, poster-oral presentations, quiz contests, essay writing competitions etc. in the area of pharmacovigilance at their respective organizations.