ROLE OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS IN PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY

Abstract

Abstract: pharmacoepidemiology has recently evolved into a self-dependent post-marketing disciplinefrom clinical pharmacology, borrowing its methodology and analyticaltools from epidemiology. The article describes the goals of pharmacoepidemiology and provides introduction to randomized designs in post-marketing drug research by the example of large simple trials.

Keywords

• pharmacoepidemiology
• large simple trials