Evaluating COVID-19 Vaccine Masking and Unmasking Methods in Two National Pharmacovigilance Databases
COVID-19 vaccines caused substantial masking in both databases. Both strategies effectively revealed new SDRs, though their impact varied. The choice of approach should be tailored to the database context.
Authors
- Cristina Fernández‐Fernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7992-8933)
- Araceli Núñez Ventura
- Eugène van Puijenbroek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2236-1398)
- F. P. A. M. van Hunsel
- María Gordillo-Marañón
- Joep H. G. Scholl
- Oskar Rachwal
- Mar Gutiérrez-Lobón
- Nuria Sols Cueto
Institutions
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb (NL)
- Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Drug Safety
- Published
- 2026-01-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-025-01644-4
- Primary Topic
- Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00