FOI release

ADR data through YC in 2024

Case reference FOI2025/00343

Received 3 April 2025

Published 6 July 2025

Request

Please could you tell me the total number of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reported to you through the Yellow Card scheme in the 2024 calendar year? In relation to the figures for 2024 could you also provide (i) the number of UK suspected ADR reports received with a fatal outcome, (ii) number of ADR reports received which resulted in prolonged hospitalisation and (iii) the number of reports received which resulted in prolonged hospitalisation AND had a fatal outcome? In relation to the fatal outcomes could you please provide a table showing the ten drugs that were most frequently recorded as having caused such a reaction along with the number of times each one was recorded as having a fatal outcome.

Response

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Documents

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