Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC), located in Uppsala, Sweden, is the field name for the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring. UMC works by collecting, assessing and communicating information from member countries' national pharmacovigilance centres in regard to the benefits, harm, effectiveness and risks of drugs.[1]
- ^ Drug Benefits and Risks – International Textbook of Clinical Pharmacology (2nd edition). Van Boxtel C, Santoso B and Edwards IR, eds. IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2008.