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Wed 11 Nov 2006Warning on under-reporting of adverse reactions to drugsOnly one in 10 Irish GPs and even fewer hospital doctors are reporting the adverse side-effects of pharmaceuticals to the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) each year, an Oireachtas subcommittee heard yesterday, writes John Downes.Research published in Australia this year has suggested that serious adverse drug reactions are detected in 50 per cent of new drugs after their approval for market following clinical trials, the health and children subcommittee was told.