Covid-19 Vaccine Surveillance in Saudi Arabia: Opportunities for Real-time Assessment

After months of confronting COVID-19 pandemic, several countries, including Saudi Arabia, have recently approved newly developed vaccines to prevent COVID-19 infection. With the new technology utilized to develop some vaccines, questions arise about their long-term safety. To provide rapid response...

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Published in:Saudi pharmaceutical journal 2021-08, Vol.29 (8), p.914-916
Main Authors: Albogami, Yasser, Alkofide, Hadeel, Alrwisan, Adel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Active surveillance
COVID-19 vaccine
Pharmacoepidemiology
Pharmacovigilance
Real-world data
Saudi Arabia
Short Communication
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Summary:After months of confronting COVID-19 pandemic, several countries, including Saudi Arabia, have recently approved newly developed vaccines to prevent COVID-19 infection. With the new technology utilized to develop some vaccines, questions arise about their long-term safety. To provide rapid response to emerging safety issues, robust surveillance programs that provide near real-time analysis of vaccines effects are required. Saudi Arabia has a well-established passive pharmacovigilance system that monitors drugs and vaccines safety. However, recent development in health digitalization in Saudi Arabia may provide a unique opportunity to harvest existing resources to generate high-quality evidence. This commentary provides an overview of the available systems that can be utilized to monitor the COVID-19 vaccines’ safety and discusses opportunities for data integration to improve data quality and generate real-world evidence on COVID-19 vaccine safety.
ISSN:1319-0164
2213-7475
DOI:10.1016/j.jsps.2021.07.005