Freedom of Information request on the Yellow Card statistics for 2019-2020, by category or reporter (FOI 21-1126)
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FOI 21/1126
8th November 2021
Dear,
Thank you for your email dated 11th October 2021, whereby you requested the following information:
Can you give me the Yellow Card statistics for 2019-2020, by category or reporter?
In response to your enquiry, may we kindly direct you to the [Human Medicines Regulations 2012 Advisory Bodies Annual Report 2020]( Human Medicines Regulations 2012 Advisory Bodies Annual Report 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)for this information. This annual report, published 15th July 2021, contains a section on Reporting of Suspected Adverse Drug Reactions 2020 (page 51) which provides information on the number of UK spontaneous suspected adverse drug reactions reports received over the last 5 years broken down by reporter sources.
We trust this information is useful. If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of this response; and can be addressed to this email address.
Yours sincerely,
FOI Team,
Vigilance and Risk Management of Medicines Division