FAERS: A Questionable Drug Safety Reporting System
According to a report by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is flawed and needs modernization. ISMP’s report is based on the analysis of 847,039 reports gathered over a 1 year period between 2013 and 2014 by FAERS. With mounting lawsuits over pharmaceutical drugs…