new jersey usa key people hugo stephenson ceo elisa cascade head operations bob winslow head medical information products safety research and analysis website http www.mediguard.org mediguard.org operated by iguard inc. monitors the safety of prescription medicines over the counter medicines and healthcare supplements . as of february 2011 there are over 2 480 000 registered users in the website . 1 the company also rates the safety of different drugs using a standardized ratings scale 2 and has received support from advocacy groups concerned with drug adverse effects . 3 the iguard company was founded in 2007 by hugo stephenson md. it is a subsidiary of quintiles transnational a multinational contract research organization . 4 contents 1 criticism 2 see also 3 references 4 external links criticism edit qualitative risk rating systems such as that used by mediguard have been criticized for potentially simplifying risk assessment requirements used to inform risk management decisions . 5 see also edit boston collaborative drug surveillance program costart coding symbols for a thesaurus of adverse reaction terms pharmacovigilance yellow card scheme uk references edit https www.mediguard.org medication accessed 13 february 2011 . barriaux marianne 2007 10 02 . traffic light medicine risk website to launch . london the guardian . retrieved 5 may 2010 . two frontrunners for drug safety prevention www.ismp.org accessed 20 january 2009 . iguard drug safety alert is newest reason senior citizens caregivers must use web seniorjournal.com 9 october 2007 accessed 19 november 2007 . cox tony ; babayev djangir 2005 06 01 . some limitations of qualitative risk rating systems . risk analysis . doi 10.1111 j. 1539 6924.2005.00615.x cookieset 1 . external links edit mediguard an innovative system for communicating drug risks to patients retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mediguard & oldid 725335800 categories companies based in princeton new jerseymedical websitescompanies established in 20072007 establishments in new jersey navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 15 june 2016 at 01 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view