Posts for Category: ToxIC News

American College of Medical Toxicology Reports Data on Adverse Effects and Toxicity from Unapproved Use of Ivermectin for the Prevention or Treatment of COVID-19
August 20, 2021
The American College of Medical Toxicology’s Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC) has received several reports of patients who became ill from using ivermectin formulations to prevent or treat COVID-19 infection. These incidents were reported through ToxIC’s FDA ACMT COVID-19 ToxIC (FACT) Pharmacovigilance Project Sub-registry between October 2020 and August 2021.
Medical Toxicology Reporting of Adverse COVID-19 Vaccine Events
March 2, 2021
Medical toxicologists can play an important role in the recognition and reporting of adverse vaccine events.
The American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Awards Grant to ToxIC to Expand Reporting of Novel Drugs of Abuse
January 14, 2021
ToxIC is excited to announce a new grant to partner with the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) and its Opioid Response Network (ORN).
FDA awards a contract to the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) to establish a COVID-19 Sub-Registry to collect data on the safety of drug products used for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 infection
December 3, 2020
The COVID-19 Sub-Registry will be developed as an enhanced data collection tool within the ToxIC network that will specifically focus on identifying potential adverse reactions related to COVID-19 drug treatments. Physicians specialized in medical toxicology will oversee the program at 15 designated medical centers across various geographic regions in the United States.
ACMT is Awarded Subcontract on NIDA R01 Grant
May 28, 2020
In April 2020, the Toxicology Investigator’s Consortium was awarded a 5-year subcontract to the Icahn School of Medicine on a new R01 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
CDC Awards Contract to ACMT Obtain Critical Drug Overdose Data from the Toxicology Investigators Consortium
May 13, 2020
The CDC has awarded ACMT a contract for access to data from the ToxIC Patient Registry, as part of CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) Division of Overdose Prevention (DOP) to enhance drug overdose surveillance.
Medical Toxicology Study Shows Poisonings with Malicious Intent are Higher in Infants Than Other Age Groups
January 14, 2019
Researchers from the American College of Medical Toxicology’s (ACMT’s) Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC), publish a study on poisoning with malicious or criminal intent with data collected from ToxIC’s case registry.