Abstract
Drug risk management has many tools for minimizing risk and black-boxed warnings (BBWs) are one of those tools. Some serious adverse drug reactions (ADRs) emerge only after a drug is marketed and used in a larger population. In Thailand, additional legal warnings after drug approval, in the form of black-boxed warnings, may be applied. Review of their characteristics can assist in the development of effective risk mitigation. This study was a cross sectional review of all legal warnings imposed in Thailand after drug approval (2003-2012). Any boxed warnings for biological products and revised warnings which were not related to safety were excluded. Nine legal warnings were evaluated. Seven related to drugs classes and two to individual drugs. The warnings involved four main types of predictable ADRs: drug-disease interactions, side effects, overdose and drug-drug interactions. The average time from first ADRs reported to legal warnings implementation was 12 years. The triggers were from both safety signals in Thailand and regulatory measures in other countries outside Thailand.
TY - JOUR
T1 - An analysis of legal warnings after drug approval in Thailand.
AU - Sriphiromya,Pakawadee,
AU - Theeraroungchaisri,Anuchai,
Y1 - 2014/10/27/
PY - 2014/08/31/received
PY - 2014/10/17/revised
PY - 2014/10/21/accepted
PY - 2014/12/3/entrez
PY - 2014/12/3/pubmed
PY - 2015/9/4/medline
KW - Adverse drug reactions
KW - Drug risk management
KW - Drug safety
KW - Legal warnings
KW - Pharmacovigilance
SP - 108
EP - 13
JF - Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP
JO - Regul Toxicol Pharmacol
VL - 71
IS - 1
N2 - Drug risk management has many tools for minimizing risk and black-boxed warnings (BBWs) are one of those tools. Some serious adverse drug reactions (ADRs) emerge only after a drug is marketed and used in a larger population. In Thailand, additional legal warnings after drug approval, in the form of black-boxed warnings, may be applied. Review of their characteristics can assist in the development of effective risk mitigation. This study was a cross sectional review of all legal warnings imposed in Thailand after drug approval (2003-2012). Any boxed warnings for biological products and revised warnings which were not related to safety were excluded. Nine legal warnings were evaluated. Seven related to drugs classes and two to individual drugs. The warnings involved four main types of predictable ADRs: drug-disease interactions, side effects, overdose and drug-drug interactions. The average time from first ADRs reported to legal warnings implementation was 12 years. The triggers were from both safety signals in Thailand and regulatory measures in other countries outside Thailand.
SN - 1096-0295
UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/25445000/An_analysis_of_legal_warnings_after_drug_approval_in_Thailand_
L2 - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0273-2300(14)00253-0
DB - PRIME
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -