A small retrospective case series of pregnancies reported to an industry pharmacovigilance database has provided an additional 53 pregnancy outcomes following gestational adalimumab exposure. Findings […]
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New data concerning the safety of gestational vedolizumab use
A multi-centre observational study of vedolizumab use in pregnancy has been published in the Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis which provides a small amount of additional […]
Birth defect surveillance using social media data
A collaborative of researchers from the University of York, AbbVie Biopharmaceuticals and the University of Pennsylvania have published an interesting feasibility study into the use […]
Methods for assessing selection bias in pregnancy pharmacovigilance studies
Researchers from the University of Montreal have published a methodological paper describing analytical techniques which may be useful for assessing the extent and impact of selection bias […]
Birth defect risks following maternal antihypertensive use
US National Birth Defects Study data has been analysed to investigate malformation risks following maternal antihypertensive medication use in pregnancy. Although the authors report some […]
pREGnant – a Dutch Pregnancy Drug Register
A collaboration of researchers from the Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre (Lareb), Radboud University Medical Centre and the University of Groningen, have published details of their national pregnancy and medication exposure […]
Birth Defects Surveillance: An interesting commentary on the value of data sharing and networking
Collaborators from the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research have published an interesting commentary on the value of data sharing and networking between birth defects […]
Collaborative ENTIS study into the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes following maternal varenicline use
A collaborative ENTIS study recently published in Reproductive Toxicology (Volume 67, Pages 26-34) has provided no signal that varenicline is a major human teratogen. This […]