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Declan O'Rourke

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Declan O’Rourke has over 20 years’ experience in industry where he has held technical, marketing, product development, clinical development, production and pharmacovigilance roles.

He is a veterinary surgeon, holds a Diploma in Marketing, a Master of Business Administration and a Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He now directs Ortec PV Consultancy Ireland specialising in pharmacovigilance and represented IFAH-EU in the VICH Working Group on pharmacovigilance.

He is Honorary Associate Professor in Veterinary Pharmaceutical Development at Nottingham Veterinary School and Past President of British Cattle Veterinary Association.

Declan O'Rourke’s courses

  • 05 Nov • 2 day course

Introduction to Veterinary Pharmacovigilance

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  • 21 May • 2 day course

Advanced Veterinary Pharmacovigilance

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Reviews for Declan’s courses

Overall, the course is very good. The speaker is very kind and answers the participants’ questions patiently and clearly. It’s evident that he masters the subject and has faced the same challenges and doubts that we, as participants, encounter in our daily work. It was also great that he helped us with practical examples and gave us tips to reduce the workload in some areas.

15 Oct 2025

Advanced Veterinary Pharmacovigilance

The speaker was clear and concise and very willing to answer any questions with patience.

15 Oct 2025

Advanced Veterinary Pharmacovigilance

Content was good, speaker was knowledgeable and the pace was good.

15 Oct 2025

Advanced Veterinary Pharmacovigilance

A 10 overall. I hoped to have an overview of pharmacovigilance, learning the most relevant points. It has pleasantly fulfilled my expectations.. Despite not being 100% fluent in English, I could understand [speaker] quite well as he explained himself in a way that captured something as big as pharmacovigilance-very well.

3 Jul 2025

Introduction to Veterinary Pharmacovigilance

The Speaker was very well informed, clear in his presentation technique and keen and quick to address any questions. The content, pace and flow of the webinar was well judged and the way we were provided with examples of signals was very useful.

3 Jul 2025

Introduction to Veterinary Pharmacovigilance

Overall really enjoyed the webinar, found it very informative and useful. Would recommend.

9 Oct 2024

Advanced Veterinary Pharmacovigilance

Excellent webinar, very informative! This seminar exceeded my expectations!

9 Oct 2024

Advanced Veterinary Pharmacovigilance

Speakers notes were very good and will be useful for me to go through after the course, to affirm the topics covered. His experience was of a high level and some good examples were provided for different PV scenarios.

9 Oct 2024

Advanced Veterinary Pharmacovigilance

His [speakers) expertise and passion related to the subject shone through.

9 Oct 2024

Advanced Veterinary Pharmacovigilance

I participated to the course in order to verify if our way of working is aligned with the expert one. I also get some intersting different approach that for sure I'll apply in my system.

9 Oct 2024

Advanced Veterinary Pharmacovigilance