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PFV President Dr. Lulu Bravo, opened the affair. First stop for the morning lectures was Dr. Elizabeth Loupi, who came all the way from France for a lecture on "Introduction to Immunization Safety and Pharmacovigilance" which was followed by an open forum facilitated by Dr. Anna Lisa Ong-Lim.
Dr. Loupi, the director for pharmacovigilance, training and compliance of Aventis Pasteur gave an interesting talk, which traced the history of pharmacovigilance and gave a background on immunization safety.
No less than Dr. Kenneth Hartigan Go shared his views on "The Similarities and Differences between Vaccines and Medicines."
He stressed that like medicines, vaccines may also cause adverse effects, and discussed the techniques for dealing with these effects. Dr. Cecilia S. Montalban acted facilitator and reactor during the open forum, which followed. more
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