Last updated on: 21/09/2016
1. Contact details{View data sources/studies associated with this centre}
Name of organisation 
1) Department/Research groupPharmacoEpidemiology Unit
2) Organisation/affiliationClaude Bernard Lyon 1 University
Short Name in the inventoryPELyon
Website/Homepagehttp://www.pelyon.fr 
Administrative Contact
Title Dr
Last name VAN GANSE
First name Eric
Address line 1Unité de Pharmacoépidémiologie
Address line 2Faculte d'Odontologie Universite Lyon 1 
Address line 311 rue Guillaume Paradin 
CityLyon cedex 08 
PostcodeF-69372  
CountryFrance
Phone number (incl. country code)33-478778645 
Alternative phone number 
Fax number (incl. country code)33-478778660 
Email address eric.van-ganse@univ-lyon1.fr
Scientific Contact
Title Dr
Last name VAN GANSE
First name Eric
Address line 1Unité de Pharmacoépidémiologie
Address line 2Faculte d'Odontologie Universite Lyon 1 
Address line 311 rue Guillaume Paradin 
CityLyon cedex 08 
PostcodeF-69372  
CountryFrance
Phone number (incl. country code)33-478778610 
Alternative phone number 
Fax number (incl. country code)33-478778660 
Email address eric.van-ganse@univ-lyon1.fr
Alternative Scientific Contact
Title Miss 
Last name BELHASSEN 
First name Manon 
Address line 1Unité de Pharmacoépidémiologie 
Address line 211 rue Guillaume Paradin 
Address line 3 
CityLyon Cedex 08 
PostcodeF-69372 
CountryFrance 
Phone number (incl. country code)33-478785701 
Alternative phone number 
Fax number (incl. country code) 
Email address manon.belhassen@univ-lyon1.fr 
2. Description
Main research areas : - drug utilisation in relation to target populations or recommendations - compliance - efficacy of drugs in real life settings (effectiveness) - safety of drugs in real life settings - burden of disease (unmet needs) Areas of expertise : - respiratory diseases (asthma, COPD) - endocrinology (lipids, obesity, diabetes) - neurology (MS) - public health, burden of disease and health economics Research tools : - public databases (Health Insurance claims databases) . National sample of beneficiaries (about 1% of the French population) . Regional database (Rhône-Alpes region) - private databases (Cegedim Strategic Data) . CSD French database (GPs and specialists) . CSD international databases (GPs) - patient reported outcomes (PROs). Patients interviewed about their perception of disease and/or therapy, or on confounding factors (e.g. smoking, diet)
3. Category
University based
Hospital based
4. Available resources
 In houseVia Contacts/Network
Epidemiologist/Pharmacoepidemiologist Yes No
Statistician Yes No
Clinician No Yes
Clinical Pharmacologist Yes No
Pharmacist No Yes
IT specialist No Yes
Ethics expertise No Yes
Legal expertise No Yes
Regulatory expertise No Yes
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