Augmenting Product Defect Surveillance Through Web Crawling and Machine Learning in Singapore.

Journal: Drug safety
PMID: 34148223

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Substandard medicines are medicines that fail to meet their quality standards and/or specifications. Substandard medicines can lead to serious safety issues affecting public health. With the increasing number of pharmaceuticals and the complexity of the pharmaceutical manufacturing supply chain, monitoring for substandard medicines via manual environmental scanning can be laborious and time consuming.

Authors

  • Pei San Ang
    Vigilance & Compliance Branch, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore.
  • Desmond Chun Hwee Teo
    Vigilance and Compliance Branch, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority, 11 Biopolis Way, #11-01 Helios, Singapore, 138667, Singapore.
  • Sreemanee Raaj Dorajoo
    Vigilance & Compliance Branch, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore.
  • Mukundaram Prem Kumar
    Vigilance and Compliance Branch, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority, 11 Biopolis Way, #11-01 Helios, Singapore, 138667, Singapore.
  • Yi Hao Chan
    Vigilance and Compliance Branch, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority, 11 Biopolis Way, #11-01 Helios, Singapore, 138667, Singapore.
  • Chih Tzer Choong
    Vigilance and Compliance Branch, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority, 11 Biopolis Way, #11-01 Helios, Singapore, 138667, Singapore.
  • Doris Sock Tin Phuah
    Vigilance and Compliance Branch, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority, 11 Biopolis Way, #11-01 Helios, Singapore, 138667, Singapore.
  • Dorothy Hooi Myn Tan
    Vigilance and Compliance Branch, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority, 11 Biopolis Way, #11-01 Helios, Singapore, 138667, Singapore.
  • Filina Meixuan Tan
    Vigilance and Compliance Branch, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority, 11 Biopolis Way, #11-01 Helios, Singapore, 138667, Singapore.
  • Huilin Huang
    Vigilance and Compliance Branch, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority, 11 Biopolis Way, #11-01 Helios, Singapore, 138667, Singapore.
  • Maggie Siok Hwee Tan
    Vigilance and Compliance Branch, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority, 11 Biopolis Way, #11-01 Helios, Singapore, 138667, Singapore.
  • Michelle Sau Yuen Ng
    Vigilance and Compliance Branch, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority, 11 Biopolis Way, #11-01 Helios, Singapore, 138667, Singapore.
  • Jalene Wang Woon Poh
    Vigilance and Compliance Branch, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority, 11 Biopolis Way, #11-01 Helios, Singapore, 138667, Singapore.

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