ADR Monitoring Centre (AMC)
Institute of Pharmacology
- Pharmacovigilance center, the ADR Monitoring Center (AMC) at Institute of Pharmacology, Madras Medical College, Chennai was started in November, 2010 under Pharmacovigilance Program of India (PvPI) with an aim to ensure patient safety by detecting, monitoring and preventing the Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) & also to promote rational use of medicines.
- ADR monitoring centre collects the ADR reports from different departments regularly and submits them online through VIGIFLOW (online safety data management system) to the National Coordination Centre (NCC), Pharmacovigilance Programme of India, Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) after the causality assessment of each ADR report. An average of 80-90 ADR reports per month will be submitted to the NCC. Regular training programs on Pharmacovigilance are being organized for Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, MBBS students, M.Pharm & B.Pharm students, BDS students and B.Sc. Nusring students and patients.
- In August 2021, our AMC has been upgraded as Regional Training Centre (RTC) under PvPI for Tamil Nadu region. Since then, one Advanced level Training (ALT) & one CME in Pharmacovigilance is being organized every year for other ADR monitoring centers under PvPI in Tamil Nadu region. We are also actively involved in enrollment of other medical institutions as new AMCs under PvPI (GMC-Thiruvallur, GMC- Kallakurichi, GMC-Krishnagiri, Vels Medical College & Hospital, GMC-Omandurar and Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital. We conduct sensitization programs during the “National Pharmacovigilance Week” celebrations from 17th to 23rd September every year since 2021.
Pharmacovigilance Committee Members
| S.NO | Name & Designation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. K. Shantaraman, Dean, MMC & RGGGH | Chairman |
| 2 | Dr. M. Kavitha, Vice Principal, MMC & RGGGH | Member |
| 3 | Dr. K. M. Sudha, Professor & Coordinator–PvPI, Institute of Pharmacology, MMC | Member Secretary |
| 4 | Dr. S. Deepa, Associate Professor, Institute of Pharmacology, MMC | Member |
| 5 | Dr. Sampath, HOD, Department of Dermatology, MMC & RGGGH | Member |
| 6 | Dr. Vinoth Kumar, Director & Professor, Institute of Thoracic Medicine, MMC & RGGGH | Member |
| 7 | Dr. R. Hariharan, Director & Professor, Institute of Internal Medicine, MMC & RGGGH | Member |
| 8 | Dr. B. Shanthi, Director & Professor, Dept. of General Surgery, MMC & RGGGH | Member |
| 9 | Dr. M. Malaiyappan, Director & Professor, IMH, MMC, Chennai-10 | Member |
| 10 | Dr. P. Dharmarajan, Director & Professor, Dept. of Diabetology, MMC & RGGGH | Member |
| 11 | Dr. Kannan, Director & Professor, Dept. of Medical Oncology, MMC & RGGGH | Member |
| 12 | Dr. Chandrasekaran, Director & Professor, Institute of Anaesthesiology, MMC & RGGGH | Member |
| 13 | Dr. Sridevi, Professor of Pediatrics, ICH, MMC, Chennai-8 | Member |
| 14 | Dr. S. Sekar, Senior Medical Officer, ART Center, MMC & RGGGH | Member |