WHO Pharmaceuticals Newsletter
No. 5, 2010
As usual, the WHO Pharmaceuticals Newsletter provides
you with the latest safety reports, advice, warnings and
other updates from regulatory authorities across the
world.
In this edition of the WHO Pharmaceuticals Newsletter
readers will also find reports of two important meetings
that have recently taken place.
The twenty-second meeting of the Global Advisory
Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) was held in
Geneva in June 2010. Discussions of the main topics at
the meeting are summarised in a feature article on
page 18.
WHO Consultants Network for Pharmacovigilance in
Africa held its 4th meeting in Lomé, Togo, from
6 to 10 September 2010. The report shows the great
and important developments in pharmacovigilance
taking place in the African region right now.
A short account of complaints reported to WHO
prequalified medicines.