"Randomized trials and observational studies of medication: The good, the bad and the ugly": lecture by Mr. Professor Samy Suissa

As part of its lecture series, Euromed University of Fes hosted today, September 12, Pr. Samy Suissa, Director of the Clinical Epidemiology Center at the Jewish General Hospital of Montreal in Canada, a first lecture for the 2023/2024 academic year on the theme "Randomized trials and observational studies of medication: The good, the bad and the ugly."

During this lecture, which was chaired and moderated by Pr. Chakib Nejjari, Vice-President in charge of the Health Cluster at Euromed University of Fes, and Pr. Samir Ahid, Dean of the Euromed Faculty of Pharmacy of Fès, Pr. Samy Suissa revealed the complex mechanisms related to randomized trials and observational studies. He highlighted attempts at drug repurposing, the time-related biases that affect them and modern methods to prevent these biases.

This meeting was an opportunity to discover clinical pharmacology and the latest advances in medical research, on the sidelines of the orientation week for new students who joined UEMF and particularly those of the Euromed Faculty of Pharmacy of Fès.