Responsibility of the pharmaceutical industry in health safety

Under this title will be recalled the responsibilities exerted by the Pharmaceutical Industry in two different fields: in the field of drug production, which has to meet the most rigorous constraints in matter of quality (Good Manufacturing Practices, quality assurance...) under supervision of the pharmaceutical structure; in the field of drug use: after the initial evaluation of the benefit/risk ratio, on which in based the drug registration, it is the responsibility of the Industry to contribute constantly to the good use of medicines and to its optimization (information of health professionals, patient information, pharmacovigilance, and if necessary sanitary safety measures...).