Pharmacoepidemiology Research Group, Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen

The Pharmacoepidemiology Research Group was founded in the 1990ies at the Department for Medical Informatics,Biometry and Epidemiology,University of Munich,Germany. Major projects were the establishment of a network of regional pharmacovigilance centres,funded by the German drug authority BfArM,and a population-based study on drug use in pregnancy. PRG has gained considerable experience in drug utilisation research including persistence issues in asthma,hypertension and leukemia,the identification and validation of drug risks,the rapid response to sudden alerts,signal generation and consulting. The PRG is a member of PROTECT (Pharmacoepidemiological Research on Outcomes of Therapeutics by a European Consortium) which is coordinated by the EMA. The staff of the PRG is active in postgraduate training nationally and internationally.The head of the PRG Prof. J. Hasford serves as Regional Editor for Europe of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety.