The Italian Network for Monitoring Medication Use During Pregnancy (MoM-Net): Experience and Perspectives.

ABSTRACT: There is an acute need for research to acquire high-quality information on the use of medicines in pregnancy, both in terms of appropriateness and safety. For this purpose, the Italian Medicines Agency established a Network for Monitoring Medication use in pregnancy (MoM-Net) through the conduction of population-based studies using administrative data available at regional level. This paper aimed to describe the experiences and challenges within the network. MoM-Net currently involves eight regions and several experts from public and academic institutions. The first study conducted aimed to identify drug use before, during and after pregnancy investigating specific therapeutic categories, analysing regional variability and monitoring drug use in specific subpopulations (i.e. foreign women/

SUBMITTER: Belleudi V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8262612 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature