The Society of Pharmacovigilance, India (SoPI), is an Indian national non-profit scientific organisation, which aims at organizing training programmes and providing expertise in
pharmacovigilance
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and enhance all aspects of the safe and proper use of
medicines
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The
International Society of Pharmacovigilance The International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP), previously the European Society of Pharmacovigilance (ESOP), is an international non-profit scientific organisation, which aims to foster pharmacovigilance both scientifically and educationally ...
(ISoP) granted status of 'associated society' to Society of Pharmacovigilance India (SoPI). It is the second professional society in the world after ISoP.
The founder of SoPI is
KC Singhal.
Annual Events
* 14th Annual Conference of SoPI (SoPICON 2014), Aligarh, Indi
* 19th Annual Conference of SoPI (SoPICON 2022), Online/Hybri
Official Publication
* Journal of Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety (ISSN: 0972-8899
Office Bearers
* Prof.
KC Singhal (Patron)
* Dr. Sandeep Agarwal (President)
* Prof.
Syed Ziaur Rahman
Syed Ziaur Rahman is a permanent member of 'Board of Trustees' and Chair of the Advisory Council (Section 3), International Association of Medical Colleges (IAOMC). He also serves as elected secretary of IAOMC and Society of Pharmacovigilance ...
(General Secretary)
See also
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Uppsala Monitoring Centre
Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC), located in Uppsala, Sweden, is the field name for the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring. UMC works by collecting, assessing and communicating information from member c ...
(WHO)
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Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences
The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) is an international non-governmental organization of 40 international, national, and associate member groups representing the biomedical science community. It was jointly est ...
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EudraVigilance
EudraVigilance (European Union Drug Regulating Authorities Pharmacovigilance) is the European data processing network and management system for reporting and evaluation of suspected adverse reactions to medicines which have been authorised or bein ...
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References
Further reading
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External links
*Official Website of SoP
Society of Pharmacovigilance, India*Official Journal of SoP
Journal of Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety
Pharmaceuticals policy
Drug safety
Pharmacological societies
Pharmacology journals
Clinical research
Clinical trials
Pharmacological classification systems
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