Considerations for the Design and Conduct of a Pharmacovigilance Study Involving Mass Drug Administration in a Resource-Constrained Setting

Demissie Alemayehu; Emma N. Andrews; Paul Glue; Charles A. Knirsch

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000564

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Considerations for the Design and Conduct of a Pharmacovigilance Study Involving Mass Drug Administration in a Resource-Constrained Setting

Demissie Alemayehu,

Affiliation Clinical Affairs, Pfizer, New York, New York, United States of America
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Emma N. Andrews,

Affiliation Clinical Affairs, Pfizer, New York, New York, United States of America
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Paul Glue,

Affiliation Dunedin School of Medicine, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Charles A. Knirsch

* E-mail: Charles.Knirsch@pfizer.com

Affiliation Clinical Affairs, Pfizer, New York, New York, United States of America
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Considerations for the Design and Conduct of a Pharmacovigilance Study Involving Mass Drug Administration in a Resource-Constrained Setting

Demissie Alemayehu,
Emma N. Andrews,
Paul Glue,
Charles A. Knirsch

Published: January 26, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000564

About the Authors

Demissie Alemayehu

Affiliation Clinical Affairs, Pfizer, New York, New York, United States of America

Emma N. Andrews

Affiliation Clinical Affairs, Pfizer, New York, New York, United States of America

Paul Glue

Affiliation Dunedin School of Medicine, Dunedin, New Zealand

Charles A. Knirsch

* E-mail: Charles.Knirsch@pfizer.com

Affiliation Clinical Affairs, Pfizer, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

Paul Glue was a Pfizer employee; he is now the Hazel Buckland Chair in Psychological Medicine at the Dunedin School of Medicine. All the other authors are employees of Pfizer, Inc.

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