1. Pharmacoepidemiology

1.1. Possible goals of pre- or post-approval epidemiology programmes

  • Monitor use and effects of medicines in populations.
  • Measure occurrence of underlying disease.
  • Study natural history of underlying disease.
  • Medicine utilisation and prescription monitoring.
  • Patient characterisation.
  • Therapeutic intervention and disease associations: risks and benefits, intended and unintended effects.
  • Evaluation of risk minimisation measures.