[Economic aspects of pharmacovigilance in the pharmaceutical industry].

The economical aspects of pharmacovigilance in the pharmaceutical industry can be assessed by two ways. First the balance between cost of avoiding adverse drug reactions (ADR) and cost of ADR should be evaluated during the development. The company will have to take into account both efficacy and safety of its compound. However if it increases the costs of avoiding ADR it will reduce the costs of avoiding ADR occurring after commercialisation. On the other hand the cost of side effects of a marketed compound can also be appreciated. This assessment will always have to be comparative with an other drug and to take into account the benefit of both drugs, if their efficacy is not deemed identical.