

9:00 am EDT - 3:15 pm EDT
Past Event
9:00 am - 3:15 pm EDT
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
On September 21, the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform hosted a one-day expert workshop to discuss the most effective and efficient ways to carry out the signal refinement step of active medical product surveillance. For the purposes of the meeting, signal refinement was defined as the step of active surveillance after signal generation, when a potential association between a medical product and health outcome is identified, and before signal evaluation, where formal epidemiological analyses are implemented. Potential steps in signal refinement are shown in the diagram below.
Experts from academia, the private sector, and FDA discussed several topics including:
Two hypothetical scenarios helped to guide discussion about signal refinement data and methodological needs:
Matthew Fiedler
June 10, 2025
Sherry Glied, Dong Ding
June 5, 2025
Elena Patel, Jason Levitis
June 5, 2025