Adverse drug events are more common in older people with comorbidities, a new study finds. Factors that are independently linked with adverse drug events are being female, taking more drugs daily, ...

FDA launches new AI-powered system to track drug and vaccine side effects in real time, replacing outdated databases and saving $120 million annually.

The FDA has launched a new adverse event reporting system that will consolidate several systems it has for reporting different types of adverse events, the agency announced Wednesday. The new system, ...

The FDA launched AEMS, a unified platform that replaces fragmented legacy databases to enable real-time adverse event reporting.

The evaluation of drug safety in clinical trials is a critical element of the drug development process, ensuring that therapeutic benefits outweigh potential harms. Clinical trials, particularly in ...

Among adults treated for community-acquired pneumonia in the outpatient setting, broad-spectrum antibiotics vs macrolide monotherapy were associated with an increased risk for adverse drug events.

Adverse drug events can add approximately $3,000 to hospitalization costs, according to research published in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. For their study, researchers ...

The assessment of causation for a potential drug interaction requires thoughtful consideration of the properties of both the object and precipitant drugs, patient-specific factors, and the possible ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The FDA is alerting veterinarians about reports of health problems in dogs, including hundreds of deaths, tied to a drug for ...

The FDA has received hundreds of adverse event reports after people used compounded GLP-1 drugs for weight loss. Compounded GLP-1 drugs aren’t reviewed by the FDA for safety or effectiveness. The FDA ...