Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences - CIOMS

We are an international, non-governmental, non-profit organization established jointly by WHO and UNESCO in 1949. CIOMS major output is its publications about medicines/vaccines safety and research ethics:

2018: CIOMS Guide to Vaccine Safety Communication
2017: CIOMS Guide to Active Vaccine Safety Monitoring
2016: International Ethical Guidelines for Health-related Research Involving Humans.
2016: Development and Rational Use of Standardize MedDRA Queries (SMQs): Retrieving Adverse Drug Reactions with MedDRA
2014: Practical Approaches to Risk Minimization for Medicinal Products: Report of CIOMS Working Group IX
2012: Definitions and Applications of Terms for Vaccine Pharmacovigilance
2012: Clinical Pharmacology in Health Care, Teaching and Research
2010: Practical Aspects of Signal Detection in Pharmacovigilance: Report of CIOMS Working Group VIII
2006: Development Safety Update Report (DSUR) Harmonizing the Format and Content for Periodic Safety Report during Clinical Trials: Report of CIOMS Working Group VII
2005: Management of Safety Information from Clinical Trials: Report of CIOMS Working Group VI
2001: Current Challenges in Pharmacovigilance: Pragmatic Approaches – Report of CIOMS Working Group V
1999: Reporting Adverse Drug Reactions: Definitions of Terms and Criteria for Their Use
1999: Guidelines for Preparing Core Clinical-Safety Information on Drugs Second Edition – Report of CIOMS Working Groups III and V
1998: Benefit-Risk Balance for Marketed Drugs: Evaluating Safety Signals
1995: Guidelines for Preparing Core Clinical-Safety Information on Drugs – Report of CIOMS Working Group III
1993: International Reporting of Periodic Drug-Safety Update Summaries
1987: International Reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions
1985: Monitoring and Assessment of Adverse Drug Effects
1982: Adoption by UN of CIOMS Medical Ethics for prisoners. History:

1985 - Start of CIOMS focus on reporting adverse drug reactions.
1977: Launch of Ethics of Research involving humans.
1959: Vienna meeting on controlled clinical trials.
1952: Present name CIOMS adopted.
1949: Council formally constituted in Brussels by WHO and UNESCO.