Editorial Standards
Last updated: March 2026
Independence
Patient Safety is an independent publication. No pharmaceutical company, contract research organization, regulatory body, or industry association has editorial input, review rights, or financial influence over any content published here. No content is sponsored. No company pays for coverage or favorable analysis.
Conflict of interest disclosure
The author, Dr. Chandan Kumar V, is a full-time employee of AstraZeneca, working in early clinical drug development. This employment relationship is disclosed here and at the end of every article.
Where AstraZeneca products, pipeline compounds, or competitive landscape analyses intersect with content on this site, the relationship will be explicitly noted in the article body. The author will not cover AstraZeneca-specific clinical programs where the coverage could be perceived as promotional or where non-public information could inadvertently inform the analysis.
Methodology
Safety analyses published here are based exclusively on publicly available data sources: published literature, regulatory agency databases (FAERS, EudraVigilance, MHRA Yellow Card), approved labeling, regulatory meeting transcripts, and publicly filed documents (NDAs, PMAs, advisory committee briefing documents).
When quantitative safety analyses are presented (disproportionality analyses, incidence rate calculations, benefit-risk frameworks), the methodology will be described in sufficient detail for an informed reader to reproduce the analysis. Data sources and date ranges will be specified.
Correction policy
Factual errors will be corrected promptly. Corrections are noted at the top of the affected article with the date of correction and a description of what changed. The original text is preserved in strikethrough where the change is substantive, not merely typographical.
If a correction materially changes the conclusion or analysis of an article, a standalone correction notice will be published and distributed through the newsletter.
Sources and citations
Factual claims are cited to their primary sources using numbered references. Where regulatory intelligence is synthesized from multiple sources, the key sources are identified. Opinions and analysis are clearly distinguished from factual reporting.
Contact
To report an error, suggest a correction, or raise a concern about any content on this site: hello@patientsafety.blog. Correction requests are reviewed within 48 hours.