Meanings
- 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 Foundation4 more examples
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 PerspectivesBecause 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 PubThe 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 270However, 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, →ISBNAntonyms: prelicensure
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOccurring after licensure.
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