What does DUE stand for in pharmacovigilance context?

• A. Drug Utilization Evaluation
• B. Drug Usage Review
• C. Drug Utilization Review
• D. Drug Usage Evaluation

Answer: (D)

Drug Usage Evaluation is a structured, ongoing process that looks at how medications are actually used in real patient care to determine whether therapy aligns with evidence-based indications, appropriate dosing, monitoring, and outcomes. In a pharmacovigilance context, this helps connect how drugs are used with safety and effectiveness outcomes, so clinicians can identify and address any practice gaps that might lead to adverse events or suboptimal treatment. While Drug Utilization Review is a related idea often focused on adherence to policies or guidelines from a payer or system perspective, the term that corresponds to this acronym in pharmacovigilance is Drug Usage Evaluation.