postlicensure

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adjective

Occurring after licensure.

Opposite
Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivepostlicensure (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring after licensure.

    Postlicensure vaccine safety monitoring is now a multifaceted activity which helps address these concerns as well.

    2015, Jennifer Hamborsky, MPH, MCHES, Andrew Kroger, MD, MPH, Charles (Skip) Wolfe, Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 13th Edition E-Book: The Pink Book, Public Health Foundation
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    Rates within the vaccinated population can be compared to rates in a control group in prelicensure studies or to rates of events outside the specified time window in postlicensure evaluations.

    1995, Jim C. Williams, Combined Vaccines and Simultaneous Administration: Current Issues and Perspectives

    Because of concerns about intussusception identified in prelicensure trials, VAERS data were analyzed early in the postlicensure period.

    2004, FDA, The Bad Bug Book: Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook, International Medical Pub

    The well-known limitations associated with prelicensure trials have led to the expectation that postlicensure studies would address safety issues better.

    2015, Jeffrey K. Aronson, Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs: The International Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 270

    However, recent postlicensure data from international settings suggest the possibility of a low level elevated risk, primarily in the first week after the first vaccine dose.

    2016, Michael S. Kappy, Advances in Pediatrics, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN

    Antonyms: prelicensure

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOccurring after licensure.

Opposite

Origin

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Chicago

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