covid-19

EHDEN Pleased to Support Largest, Most Extensive Measurement Of Adverse Events Background Rates Can Inform Safety Monitoring Efforts For COVID Vaccines

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The largest, most extensive global network study on background rates for adverse events of special interest identifies important age, sex and database differences that should inform future safety surveillance efforts. COVID vaccine surveillance efforts are a global priority, but safety monitoring for vaccines should not reflect a single global population. The largest international network study … Read more

Insufficient Data, Misleading Recommendations Led To Significant Early Heterogeneity In Global COVID-19 Patient Management, According To Recent BMJ Study

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While there was extensive use of drug repurposing throughout the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was substantial heterogeneity over the types of drugs used for treatment purposes globally. Some drugs, including hydroxychloroquine, saw sharp declines in use, while adjunctive therapies grew into a more relied upon method for patient management. In a … Read more

EHDEN’s COVID-19 Rapid Collaboration Call Summary

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15 June, 2020, Brussels, Belgium:  From 16 April – 14 May, EHDEN announced a rolling COVID-19 Rapid Collaboration Call. Its goal is to help clinicians, scientists, governments and the public to know more about characterising patients with COVID-19, how best to manage their care, and if certain treatments are safe and effective. Upon conclusion of … Read more

OHDSI Kicks Off International Collaborative Effort to Generate Real-World Evidence on COVID-19 with Virtual Study-a-thon Event

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The Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) international community will host a COVID-19 virtual study-a-thon this week (March 26-29) to inform healthcare decision-making in response to the current global pandemic. More than 290 people from 29 different countries have registered for the four-day online event, which will be led by researchers from Oxford University, … Read more

OHDSI is running a virtual study-a-thon on COVID-19, March 26th to 29th.

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After the cancellation of the EU OHDSI symposium, scheduled at the end of this month, the community is bouncing back with an alternative activity: A virtual COVID-19 study-a-thon on the dates originally planned for the symposium: March 26th to 29th. If you are new to the study-a-thon concept, you can find an overview of our … Read more