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postlicensure

postlicensure adjective: occurring after licensure.

Adjective

postlicensure (not comparable)

  1. Occurring after licensure.
    • Rates within the vaccinated population can be compared to rates in a control group in prelicensure studies or to rates of events outside the specified time window in postlicensure evaluations.1995, Jim C. Williams, Combined Vaccines and Simultaneous Administration: Current Issues and Perspectives
    • Because of concerns about intussusception identified in prelicensure trials, VAERS data were analyzed early in the postlicensure period.2004, FDA, The Bad Bug Book: Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook, International Medical Pub
    Antonyms:
    prelicensure

Examples of postlicensure in a sentence

  • The well-known limitations associated with prelicensure trials have led to the expectation that postlicensure studies would address safety issues better.2015, Jeffrey K. Aronson, Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs: The International Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions...
  • Postlicensure vaccine safety monitoring is now a multifaceted activity which helps address these concerns as well.2015, Jennifer Hamborsky, MPH, MCHES, Andrew Kroger, MD, MPH, Charles (Skip) Wolfe, Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable...
  • However, recent postlicensure data from international settings suggest the possibility of a low level elevated risk, primarily in the first week after the first vaccine dose.2016, Michael S. Kappy, Advances in Pediatrics, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN:

Antonyms of postlicensure

Origin of postlicensure

From post- + licensure.

Questions about postlicensure

What does postlicensure mean?
Postlicensure means occurring after licensure.
How do you use postlicensure in a sentence?
The well-known limitations associated with prelicensure trials have led to the expectation that postlicensure studies would address safety issues better.
What part of speech is postlicensure?
Postlicensure is an adjective.

Words near postlicensure in the dictionary

  1. postliberal
  2. postliberalism
  3. postliberalisms
  4. postliberals
  5. postliberation
  6. postlicensure
  7. postligand
  8. postligation
  9. postlike
  10. postlimbal
  11. postliminary

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