postlicensure

postlicensure

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ licensure.

Adjective

postlicensure (not comparable)

1. Occurring after licensure.
   • 1995, Jim C. Williams, Combined Vaccines and Simultaneous Administration: Current Issues and Perspectives

     Rates within the vaccinated population can be compared to rates in a control group in prelicensure studies or to rates of events outside the specified time window in postlicensure evaluations.

   • 2004, FDA, The Bad Bug Book: Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook, International Medical Pub (→ISBN)

     Because of concerns about intussusception identified in prelicensure trials, VAERS data were analyzed early in the postlicensure period.

   • 2015, Jeffrey K. Aronson, Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs: The International Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions, Elsevier (→ISBN), page 270

     The well-known limitations associated with prelicensure trials have led to the expectation that postlicensure studies would address safety issues better.

   • 2015, Jennifer Hamborsky, MPH, MCHES, Andrew Kroger, MD, MPH, Charles (Skip) Wolfe, Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 13th Edition E-Book: The Pink Book, Public Health Foundation (→ISBN)

     Postlicensure vaccine safety monitoring is now a multifaceted activity which helps address these concerns as well.

   • 2016, Michael S. Kappy, Advances in Pediatrics, Elsevier Health Sciences (→ISBN)

     However, recent postlicensure data from international settings suggest the possibility of a low level elevated risk, primarily in the first week after the first vaccine dose.

   Antonym: prelicensure