The Asian Pharmacoepidemiology Network (AsPEN): promoting multi-national collaboration for pharmacoepidemiologic research in Asia.

摘要

The Asian Pharmacoepidemiology Network (AsPEN) is a multi-national research network, which was formed to provide a mechanism to support the conduct of pharmacoepidemiological research and to facilitate the prompt identification and validation of emerging safety issues among the participating countries. AsPEN was first suggested at the third Asian Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology (ACPE) in Seoul, Korea, in 2008. A collaborative international symposium was convened in 2009, which culminated in a multi-country meeting at the fourth ACPE in Tainan, Taiwan.