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The Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC) has launched vigiRank, a new method for detecting more plausible signals with fewer false leads, compared with disproportionality analysis alone.
UMC researchers have stated that vigiRank increases first-pass screening performance in signal detection, and overcomes the fundamental limitation with disproportionality analysis of treating all reports equally. This is achieved by factoring in not only disproportionality, but also elements related to the quality and content...