Research on Adverse Drug events And Reports (RADAR) is a pharmacovigilance team of 25 doctors who receive calls about possible adverse drug reactions and investigate. RADAR is based out of Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine and the VA Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago. Additionally, RADAR collaborates with VA MedSafe Program at the Hines VA. Though it was without funding for its first four years, RADAR has raised about $12 million through grants from the National Institutes of Health and other such institutions. Its work has identified safety problems with 33 drugs accounting for 38 serious adverse effects. Adverse drug reactions are a serious health problem. They are among the top ten leading causes of death with 100,000 people dying each year and result in $3.6 billion a year in health care costs. RADAR is led by Dennis West, MD.
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