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 register pREGnant in Drug Safety. Photo by Ian on Unsplash
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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 surveillance programs in the Journal of Community Genetics. Photo by Kelsey Knight on Unsplash
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Between the 4th and 8th September, UKTIS hosted the UK’s first Human Teratogens Education Course and the 3rd International Joint Meeting of the European Network of Teratology Information Services (ENTIS) and Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS) in Newcastle upon Tyne. Delegates attended from around the globe and were treated to presentations from some of the most influential researchers and […]
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In January 2017 Obstetrics & Gynecology published an article on Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and the Risk of Congenital Malformations“ by Brian T Bateman et al. As data on the teratogenic potential of ACE inhibitor (ACEI) are partly conflicting, this pharmacoepidemiologic study wanted to analyze the association between first trimester ACEI exposure and the risk of overall major malformations, of cardiovascular […]
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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 collaborative ENTIS study was undertaken by researchers based at teratology information services in the United Kingdom, Israel, France (Paris), Germany (Berlin), Australia, the Netherlands, Finland and Turkey (Izmir), who collectively joined data from over 400 […]
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In August 2016 JAMA Psychiatry published the results of a large pharmacoepidemiological cohort study by Krista Huybrechts et al., examining the risk for congenital malformations overall as well as cardiac malformations associated with first-trimester exposure to antipsychotics. While previous studies documented the outcome of several hundred exposed pregnancies at most, this study cohort included a nationwide sample of more than […]
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A collaborative study published in J Clin Psychiatry by ENTIS and MotherToBaby affiliated researchers did not suggest that first trimester in utero exposure be associated with increased risk of congenital malformations. Methylphenidate is a central nervous system stimulant medicinally used in the treatment of attention deficit disorders. Data on its safety in human pregnancy are sparse. A recent prospective, comparative, […]
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28th conference of the European Network of Teratology Information Services (ENTIS) will be held from Saturday 2nd to Tuesday 5th September 2017 in Budapest. There will be an education course on Monday 4th together with European Teratology Society (ETS) on “Hormones and Brain Development” and a joined symposium on Tuesday 5th with ETS on preterm birth. Please follow this link […]
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The European Network of Teratology Information Services (ENTIS) in association with the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISOP) and the Norwegian PhD School of Pharmacy (NFIF) recently provided an education course entitled Risk Assessment of Drug Use During Pregnancy and Lactation, which was delivered in the headquarters of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Berlin, Germany. The two day […]
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Agenda of the ENTIS-ISoP-NFIF Training Course “Risk assessment of drug use during pregnancy and lactation” Berlin, June 2-3 , 2016 Scientific programme of 27th Conference of the European Network of Teratology Information Services (ENTIS) Berlin, June 4-5, 2016
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