MediGuard.org, operated by iGuard Inc., monitors the safety of prescribed medicines, over-the-counter medicines and healthcare supplements. As of February 2011, there are over 2,480,000 registered users in the website.[1] The company also rates the safety of different drugs using a standardized ratings scale,[2] and has received support from advocacy groups concerned with drug adverse effects.[3]

iGuard Inc
Company typePrivate
Founded2007
HeadquartersPrinceton, New Jersey, USA
Key people
Hugo Stephenson, CEO
Elisa Cascade, Head Operations
Bob Winslow, Head Medical Information
ProductsSafety research and analysis
Websitehttp://www.mediguard.org

The iGuard company was founded in 2007 by Hugo Stephenson, MD. It is a subsidiary of Quintiles Transnational, a multinational contract research organization.[4]

Criticism

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Qualitative risk rating systems, such as that used by MediGuard, have been criticized for potentially simplifying risk assessment requirements used to inform risk management decisions.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Please Note: | MediGuard". www.mediguard.org. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  2. ^ Barriaux, Marianne (2007-10-02). "'Traffic-light' medicine risk website to launch". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  3. ^ Two Frontrunners for Drug Safety Prevention Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine www.ismp.org, accessed 20 January 2009.
  4. ^ iGuard Drug Safety Alert is Newest Reason Senior Citizens, Caregivers Must Use Web SeniorJournal.com, 9 October 2007, accessed 19 November 2007.
  5. ^ Cox, Tony; Babayev, Djangir (2005-06-01). "Some Limitations of Qualitative Risk Rating Systems". Risk Analysis. Vol. 25, no. 3. pp. 651–662. doi:10.1111/j.1539-6924.2005.00615.x.
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