Understanding Drug Safety: Foundations of Pharmacovigilance
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Develop In-Demand Drug Safety Skills with Confidence
Whether you're building foundational knowledge, preparing for a specialized role, or advancing your career, you'll gain job-relevant skills you can apply immediately in the biopharma and life sciences industries. This short course equips you with practical skills to understand, document, and report drug safety information in real-world settings.
- Complete 4 online modules in just 2 weeks
- Learn essential pharmacovigilance concepts, terminology, and workflows
- Understand the importance of pharmacovigilance in maintaining drug safety during clinical development and after market approval
- Maintain agency compliance, recognize pharmacovigilance scenarios, and be ready to respond
Why MCPHS?
With over 200 years of experience, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences delivers career-focused education aligned with the needs of both individuals and organizations, informed by strong connections to Boston’s biotech and pharmaceutical community.
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FDA Now publishes daily adverse event dataIn 2025, the FDA moved from quarterly to daily publication of adverse event data. Pharmacovigilance is becoming increasingly real-time.
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more novel drugs approvedFDA approved 24% more novel drugs in 2025 than in 2022. More new therapies entering clinical practice means more products requiring ongoing safety surveillance after approval.
$72,803
Average salaryDrug Safety Associate
(Payscale 2026)
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