You're A Small Biotech â How Should You Implement A Pharmacovigilance System? By Steve Knowles, chief medical officer, Halozyme Therapeutics Learnings on how to implement drug safety protocols effectively — both time-wise and cost-wise When it comes to implementing strong pharmacovigilance (PV) practices at your company, there are a variety of components and capabilities that will be necessary to put in place. Having worked in this space for the majority of my pharmaceutical industry career, I know that it can be incredibly difficult to understand the intricacies of integrating these processes — especially with a constantly shifting regulatory landscape. The task can be quite daunting.