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Researchers from the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have published an analysis comparing the capture of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy in commercial insurance claims records and electronic health records. The results demonstrated improved capture of CV-19 vaccine administration with insurance claims data, highlighting the potential misclassification which can result from the use of […]

Researchers from the Université Paris Cité, Inserm have published a national drug utilisation study investigating the use of pregnancy drugs that are recommended for use in France. More information is available here. Photo by Árpád Czapp on Unsplash

Researchers from the College of Pharmacy at Chung-Ang University in Seoul, South Korea, have published a population-based study including 4,880 pregnancies in women with systemic lupus erythematosus. The study provides useful information about the risks of discontinuing hydroxychloroquine use in pregnancy. More information available here. Photo by Tamara Govedarovic on Unsplash

Researchers affiliated to the National Taiwan Normal University and the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan have conducted a nationwide cohort study of dispensed GLP1` receptor agonist use in early pregnancy. More information available here. Photo by Haberdoedas on Unsplash

Researchers have conducted a study using data from South Korea’s National Health Insurance Service mother-child linked database investigating neurodevelopmental outcomes following antiemetic use in pregnancy. More information is available here.

ENTIS affiliated researchers from the Swiss TIS (University of Lausanne/University of Bern), Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (Lugano) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV, Lausanne) have published a disproportionality analysis of the VigiBase World Health Organization global pharmacovigilance database, to identify signals of disproportionate reporting for pregnancy-related adverse drug reactions associated with janus kinase inhibitors. More information is available here. Photo by […]

Researchers from Taipei Medical University have conducted a population-based comparative cohort study using linked national Taiwanese registry data to investigate the risk of adverse birth and neonatal outcomes following paternal DMARD use. For more information, see the study details here. Photo by Jimmy Conover on Unsplash

Researchers from Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Switzerland) have published a case series of unplanned pregnancies occurring in phase 2 and 3 clinical trials of a tetravalent dengue vaccine. More information is available here. Photo by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on Unsplash

Professor Per Damkier (Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark) has produced a critical evaluation of the recent navigation guide review of evidence on acetaminophen (paracetamol) use in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental disorders in the offspring (see the navigation guide review here).