Ankur Rohilla, Nishant Singh, Vipin Kumar, Mohit Kumar Sharma, Amarjeet Dahiya, Ashok Kushnoor

Abstract

Pharmacovigilance is defined as the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, and prevention of adverse drug reactions in humans. Pharmacovigilance has been regarded as a type of continual monitoring of unwanted effects and other safety-related aspects of drugs, which are already placed in markets. The pharmacovigilance has been known to play an important role in rational use of drugs, by providing information about the adverse effects possessed by the drugs in general population. The present review presents in brief about the relevance, need, functioning, role, and importance of pharmacovigilance.