Important Medical Event definition
Important Medical Event means an Adverse Event that may not be immediately life-threatening or result in death or hospitalisation but may jeopardise the subject or require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the outcomes listed in (a)—(e) of the definition of Serious Adverse Event. Examples of such events include invasive or malignant cancers, intensive treatment (in an emergency room or at home) for allergic bronchospasm, blood dyscrasias or convulsions that do not result in hospitalisation, or the development of drug dependency or abuse, overdose or misuse.