Audit is important part of drug safety and regulation

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Michael I Carter, consultant anaesthetist (Michael.Carter@ldh-tr.anglox.nhs.uk),
Jane Murkin, patient safety manager

Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust, Luton LU4 0DZ
Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust, Luton LU4 0DZ

EDITOR—Waller et al write about the responsibilities of the pharmaceutical companies and the regulating agencies such as the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to improve the safety of the drugs that are licensed for prescription.1 Although cyclo-oxygenase 2 inhibitors and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have been under the spotlight in recent months, other drugs may be of greater concern.

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