European Patients’ Academy on Therapeutic Innovation Aspects of pharmacovigilance: Post-Authorisation Safety Studies (PASS)
European Patients’ Academy on Therapeutic Innovation A PASS is a study carried out after a medicinal product has been authorised, in order to obtain further information on a medicinal product’s safety or to measure the effectiveness of risk-management measures The purpose of the PASS is to evaluate the safety and benefit-risk profile of a medicinal product and to support regulatory decision-making The protocols and results of PASSs are assessed by the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) 2 What is a Post-Authorisation Safety Study (PASS)?
European Patients’ Academy on Therapeutic Innovation A PASS aims to Identify, characterise, or quantify a safety hazard; Confirm the safety profile of a medicine; or, Measure the effectiveness of risk-management measures. PASSs can either be clinical trials or non-interventional studies. 3 Scope of a PASS
European Patients’ Academy on Therapeutic Innovation European Medicines Agency (2015). Post-authorisation safety studies (PASS). Retrieved 29 September, 2015 from gulation/document_listing/document_listing_ jsp& mid=WC0b01ac058066e979 gulation/document_listing/document_listing_ jsp& mid=WC0b01ac058066e979 4 Further reading