Research centre

Last updated on: 26/06/2014

1. Contact details{View data sources/studies associated with this centre}

Name of organisation

1) Department/Research groupPharmacoepidemiology Research Group, Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology

2) Organisation/affiliationLudwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen

Short Name in the inventoryPharmacoepidemiology Research Group

Website/Homepage

Administrative Contact

Title Ms

Last name Rottenkolber

First name Marietta

Address line 1Fraunhoferstr. 12

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CityPlanegg-Martinsried

Postcode82152

CountryGermany

Phone number (incl. country code)49-89-218072406

Alternative phone number

Fax number (incl. country code)49-89-218072404

Email address rottenk@ibe.med.uni-muenchen.de

Scientific Contact

Title Professor

Last name Hasford

First name Joerg

Address line 1Marchioninistr. 15

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CityMunich

Postcode81377

CountryGermany

Phone number (incl. country code)49-89-4400-77480

Alternative phone number

Fax number (incl. country code)49-89-4400-77482

Email address has@ibe.med.uni-muenchen.de

2. Description

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.