{"id":214,"date":"2022-01-25T23:33:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T23:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dolia.co.uk\/dsru\/?page_id=214"},"modified":"2025-05-19T14:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:21:20","slug":"pharmacoepidemiology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dsru.org\/consulting\/pharmacoepidemiology\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacoepidemiology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a id=\"overview\"><\/a>\n\n\n<div id=\"splits-block_d57acc38424c78885e703a18cf01c3a4\" class=\"generic-split-cta\">\n\n\t<div class=\"section-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-container p-t-small p-b-large\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page-intro flexBox justifySpace alignCenter \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-intro-text\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"700\" data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subTitle\">Overview<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>DSRU Consultancy offers advice and support on all stages of pharmacoepidemiological study design and conduct.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our multidisciplinary team of pharmacoepidemiologists, clinicians, research scientists, and regulatory experts can advise on studies to meet regulatory requirements, ensuring they meet our quality scientific standards. We are able to assist with study design, or carry out the study as needed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-intro-contact\">\n                    <div class=\"contact-cta-image\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dsru.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSR-0205.jpg\">\n                    <\/div>\n                    <a class=\"contact-cta\" href=\"\/contact-us\"><span>Speak to us today<\/span><\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<a id=\"requirements\"><\/a>\n\n\n<div id=\"splits-block_f7941a0edd3475cf8d48dfbc4874fe9d\" class=\"generic-split-reverse\">\n\n\t<div class=\"section-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-container p-t-small p-b-large\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page-split-wrapper flexBox justifySpace  rowReverse \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ps-text\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"700\" data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subTitle\">Meeting your requirements<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>We can advise on the most appropriate study methods and data sources that meet your requirements.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Data sources may or may not be DSRU sources, but will be the best source to meet your requirements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our studies can be designed to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Examine drug utilisation in real life settings (use, effects\/effectiveness, and safety of products)<\/li>\n<li>Examine potential risks, identified risks, and missing information as outlined in a product\u2019s Risk Management Plan<\/li>\n<li>Study the overall safety profile of a medicinal product<\/li>\n<li>Examine safety signals identified from spontaneous reporting or other sources<\/li>\n<li>Define disease burden in terms of prevalence, incidence, cost, disability, and potential complications<\/li>\n<li>Examine patient demographics, characteristics, and risk factors<\/li>\n<li>Identify and examine patient outcomes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"\/contact-us\/\">Enquire about a study today<\/a><\/p>\n                    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-split-list\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"700\" data-aos-delay=\"200\">\n                    <p><strong>These include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Non-interventional observational studies of all designs (e.g. cohort studies and case-control studies)<\/li>\n<li>Self-controlled study designs<\/li>\n<li>Time-series methods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<a id=\"data-source\"><\/a>\n\n\n<div id=\"splits-block_70fc5b168a0175f55db5b9f94f27cadf\" class=\"text-split\">\n\n\t<div class=\"section-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-container p-t-small p-b-small\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page-split flexBox justifySpace\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-split-text\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"700\" data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subTitle\">Data Sources<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>The 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