Exploring international stakeholders’ perspective on the roles of the natural health products (NHPs) industry in pharmacovigilance

Participation involves completing a survey online anonymously. The survey asks questions about your professional experience with pharmacovigilance for NHPs, views on regulations for NHPs, and methods for monitoring the safety of NHPs. The survey takes around 15 minutes to complete. 

If you would like to participate in this study, please click the link below to access the participant information sheet and complete the survey. 

To be able to participate in this study, you must:

• Be 18 years of age or older. 
• Have the ability to give informed consent to participate. 
• You are currently employed as one or more of the following: 
  • An industry professional affiliated with a national, regional, or global industry association of NHPs, complementary medicines, dietary supplements, or food supplements 
  • An industry professional providing pharmacovigilance services, including consultancy, specifically related to NHPs 
  • A regulator/competent authority regulating NHPs, complementary medicines, dietary supplements, food supplements, and/or medicines 
  • A pharmacovigilance professional working at a national/regional pharmacovigilance centre. 
• You are based in one of the following countries: 
  • Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China (including Hong Kong and Macao), Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Ireland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA. 

Please note that this is an international study with professionals. We are NOT recruiting consumers of NHPs and other stakeholders from New Zealand.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Professor Joanne Barnes

Principal investigator
Email: j.barnes@auckland.ac.nz