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Table 6 Quantitative trend of ICSRs received in VigiBase over different pre- and post-launch periods for the apps cited in the online survey

From: Smartphone-based mobile applications for adverse drug reactions reporting: global status and country experience

App number

VigiBase data

App name (country of data addressee)

App launch date

Pre-launch period (Reference)

Post-launch Period A (Relative % change compared to Reference)

Post-launch Period B (Relative % change compared to Reference)

1

ADR Online (New Zealand)

1 November 2010

4704

6488 (+ 37.9%)

4332 (− 7.9%)

3

ADR Reporter (India)

16 October 2016

75,217

66,527 (− 11.6%)

52,085 (− 30.8%)

4

DGDA Drug Verification (Bangladesh)

30 June 2019

0

6 (n/a)

n/a (n/a)

6

ELEA Onco-Biotech (Argentina)

22 December 2017

509

987 (+ 93.9%)

9628 (+ 1791.6%)

7

HALMED (Croatia)

18 May 2016

3550

3972 (+ 11.9%)

4589 (+ 29.3%)

8

Med Safety (Armenia)

7 May 2019

240

638 (+ 165.8%)

n/a (n/a)

9

Med Safety (Botswana)

14 November 2019

38

134 (+ 252.6%)

n/a (n/a)

10

Med Safety (Burkina Faso)

15 June 2017

399

230 (− 42.4%)

684 (+ 71.4%)

11

Med Safety (Côte d’Ivoire)

17 December 2019

11

66 (+ 500%)

n/a (n/a)

12

Med Safety (Ethiopia)

23 August 2019

147

209 (+ 42.2%)

n/a (n/a)

13

Med Safety (Ghana)

25 June 2019

728

5072 (+ 596.7%)

n/a (n/a)

14

Med Safety (Uganda)

26 February 2020

1200

n/a (n/a)

n/a (n/a)

15

Med Safety (Zambia)

29 June 2017

36

112 (+ 211.1%)

0 (− 100%)

17

My eReport (All European Union countries)

6 February 2014

156,428

388,320 (+ 148.2%)

206,879 (+ 32.3%)

19

SiddAR (India)

6 March 2018

67,039

65,223 (− 2.7%)

64,422 (− 3.9%)

21

UAE RADR (United Arab Emirates)

20 January 2019

1634

3628 (+ 122.0%)

870 (− 46.8%)

22

Yellow Card Scheme (UK)a

15 July 2015

30,025

55,159 (+ 83.7%)

44,080 (+ 46.8%)

  1. n/a: Not applicable. Pre-launch period: 12-month period preceding the app’s launch; Post-launch Period A: Period from launch month to Month 12; Post-launch Period B: Period from Month 13 to 24
  2. aThe same app was named Yellow Card—MHRA in iOS