Introduction

The Oracle Empirica Signal software is a web-based analysis environment for generating statistical scores for combinations of drugs and events in a drug safety database, and for detecting unexpected associations of drugs and events (signals).

If your organization is licensed for Signal Management, users can employ the Signal Management feature in Oracle Empirica Signal on VAERS data. The feature facilitates ongoing monitoring of safety signals by enabling users to perform statistical analyses on successive releases of the data.

A scripted form of VAERS Signal Management was originally released in 2010. In scripted VAERS Signal Management, monthly refreshes are initiated by running shell scripts on the server. Scripted VAERS Signal Management can be used with Oracle Empirica Signal versions 7.3.x and above.

Oracle Empirica Signal 9.2.1 introduced a new VAERS Signal Management that is interactive rather than scripted and enables configurable alerts. Interactive VAERS Signal Management can be installed with Oracle Empirica Signal 9.1.0.3 and above.