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Graeme Ladds

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Graeme Ladds, Director of PharSafer, has over 30 years’ experience working in the pharmaceutical industry. Having started his career at Ashbourne Pharmaceuticals in 1989 as Head of Drug Safety & Medical Information, he went on to become Head of Global Pharmacovigilance at Shire Pharmaceuticals. He then set up his consultancy and specialist CRO company, PharSafer Associates Ltd, where he has been involved in establishing pharmacovigilance in companies, performing audits across Europe and the USA, SOP writing, acting as QP for companies, and helping with regulatory inspections.

Graeme Ladds’s courses

  • 03 Nov • 5 day course

Demystifying European Post-Marketing Pharmacovigilance

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  • 12 Nov • 1 day course

A Practical Guide to Writing Risk Management Plans (RMPs)

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  • 18 Nov • 4 day course

Signal Detection and Regulatory Expectations

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  • 19 Nov • 1 day course

AI in Pharmacovigilance

New for 2025

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  • 01 Dec • 2 day course

Pharmacovigilance Aspects of Licensing Agreements

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  • 03 Dec • 1 day course

Additional Risk Minimization Measures (aRMMs) and Their Effectiveness

New for 2025

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  • 04 Dec • 1 day course

An Essential Overview of Medical Information

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  • 13 Feb • 1 day course

A Practical Guide to Producing and Maintaining the PSMF

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  • 16 Apr • 1 day course

An Introduction to Signal Detection

New for 2026

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  • 27 Apr • 2 day course

Pharmacovigilance QMS & Inspection Preparation

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  • 11 May • 2 day course

Clinical & Post-Marketing Safety

New for 2026

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  • 14 May • 2 day course

Literature Searching in Drug Safety

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  • 18 Jun • 2 day course

Cosmetovigilance

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  • 28 Jan • 1 day course

Signal Detection: A Comprehensive Introduction

New for 2026

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Reviews for Graeme’s courses

An incredible session. The content was relevant, well-structured, and clearly aligned with the audience’s needs. The presentation was engaging and the speaker demonstrated strong expertise and communicated complex ideas in a clear and relatable manner. Overall, the session was highly insightful and impactful. I particularly appreciate the way the speaker explained complex concepts using practical, real-life examples. It made the content much more relatable and easier to understand. The Q&A segment was another highlight—his answers were clear, thoughtful, and directly addressed each question with examples. The overall structure of the session was smooth and engaging, keeping the audience interested from start to finish. It was both informative and interactive.

3 Oct 2025

A Practical Guide to Producing and Maintaining the PSMF

5-excellent. Practical advices, Real life experience, answers to questions.

25 Sep 2025

Pharmacovigilance QMS & Inspection Preparation

The material was spot-on for bridging the gap between routine PV operations and advanced regulatory preparedness. As someone knee-deep in ICSR processing, I particularly appreciated the deep dives into QMS frameworks

Clear, logical flow with well-paced slides that avoided overload—great for a full-timetable day. Speaker was an absolute expert: confident, relatable, and generous with anecdotes from industry inspections that made the content feel immediate and applicable. Highly recommended for PV professionals looking to strengthen compliance foundations, with minor room for more interactive elements.

25 Sep 2025

Pharmacovigilance QMS & Inspection Preparation

It was really good for basic knowledge and understanding of PV audit/inspection preparation. The many examples was great.

25 Sep 2025

Pharmacovigilance QMS & Inspection Preparation

Excellent presentation delivered by a by a knowledgeable speaker with a lot of practical knowledge!

16 Sep 2025

Literature Searching in Drug Safety

Overall, very good. Detailed presentations that were easy to follow.

11 Jul 2025

A Practical Guide to Writing Risk Management Plans (RMPs)

Very good. Excellent in-depth overview of PV and signal detection/management concepts.

7 Jul 2025

Signal Detection and Regulatory Expectations

Excellent. I believe I accomplished what I wanted to gain from this course: to learn more about the relevance of signal detection and the process of conducting signal detection. Very proficient speaker and knowledgeable about the topic.

7 Jul 2025

Signal Detection and Regulatory Expectations

It was well organized with relevant handouts and good suggestions about where to find out out more. [Speaker] was very knowledgeable and there was a lot of information. He gave good answers to questions.

7 Jul 2025

Signal Detection and Regulatory Expectations