Policies undertaken after the launch of a medicine on the market. Related to the entry of new medicines, post-launch activities include monitoring the effectiveness and safety of new medicines in clinical practice and ensuring that patients with the greatest clinical need and those most likely to benefit from treatment can access the medicine, and include systematic detailed analysis of medicine usage data. Systems that facilitate data management include electronic accessible patient registries that collect key clinical data and e-prescription for reviewing prescribing practices to ensure these are consistent with agreed best practice outlines in guidelines and any prescribing restrictions. Standardizing data requirements and integration of different data sets across the health system, as well as close monitoring and evaluation, can allow for improvements in the use of medicines.
Last update: 26 June 2023
Source: PPRI