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3 Trends I’m Watching in Patient Safety

September 17 is World Patient Safety Day, a time designated to think about the progress pharmaceutical companies, healthcare providers and patients themselves have made on the safe use of medicines – and what more we can do in this vital area of pharmacovigilance (PV). Klaudija Marijanovic Barac, M.D, Head of Teva’s Periodic Reports & Risk Management Center and Europe & UK Deputy Qualified Person Responsible For Pharmacovigilance (QPPV), shares prominent trends in patient safety.

Meet the Expert: Professor Ruth Arnon

Professor Ruth Arnon is one of the world’s most eminent biochemists. She is co-creator of Teva’s first innovative medicine, used for 25 years by people around the world. Aged 87 years, she is still doing ground-breaking work, heading the scientific advisory board of BiondVax Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company developing a universal influenza vaccine based on decades of her research at the Weizmann Institute.

“I used to design telephones but I find this far more rewarding”

Mike Smith works on the development of medical devices and combination products, such as auto-injectors and pre-filled syringes, which dispense drugs into the body. It is precise and painstaking work as the wrong dosage could have significant consequences for patients.