Drug Safety Physician

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**PURPOSE OF THE ROLE**
- To perform the medical assessment of individual case safety reports (ICSR) in safety database system. Work in close collaboration with the involved stakeholder to ensure that each case is assessed in a proper way to ensure patients safety.
- Work with the vendor performing the case management and/or medical assessment of ICSR to ensure the medical quality of the ICSR.
- Interface with medical safety teams on active pharmacovigilance activities on products in clinical development and post-marketing.

**KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES**

**(In order of importance and time spent; should include 80% of responsibilities)**
- Medical review and approval of ICSR clinical trial cases by performing a thorough medical evaluation of serious and non-serious cases, authoring and/or reviewing the PV comment
- Contribution to quality KPI compilation while assessing the quality of medical assessment of cases reviewed and approved by vendors
- Ensure timely completion of the task by daily monitoring of workflows
- Ensure close interaction with Medical Safety if an "Index-case" was identified
- Ensure issuing of proper medical queries to obtain follow-up information for the ICSR
- Provide operational expertise in case processing activities
- Contribute to regulatory inspections and audits and support the development of CAPA plans as needed
- Maintenance & data cleaning of reference tools and documents relevant to medical review activities
- Participate in internal and external training programs, meetings, and conferences to continually improve and build a knowledge base of product safety and risk management.

**EDUCATION & LANGUAGES**
- Physician with MBBS/MD degree including relevant clinical experience

**PROFESSIONAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE**
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience/experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry with at least 2 years in patient safety/pharmacovigilance
- Minimum of 2 years working in hospital or private praxis prior to joining the pharmaceutical industry
- Expert knowledge of international regulatory safety reporting requirements, including EMA/FDA/ICH guidance's related to pharmacovigilance (e.g. E2B) and Good Pharmacovigilance Practices, as well as working knowledge of Code of Federal Regulations regarding drug safety
- Expert in Medical Coding (e.g. MedDRA)
- Good understanding of drug development and life-cycle management

**PERSONAL SKILLS & COMPETENCIES**
- Ability to work in intense, fast paced, matrixed, multinational work environment
- Strong communication skills (oral, written and listening)
- Ability to effectively communicate with employees, colleagues, and global counterparts
- Positive motivator through demonstration
- Strong intercultural skills (developed from practical experience)
- Strong team-working skills - working across cultural and functional boundaries, and participating 'virtual teams'
- Good problem-solving and decision-making ability
- Good organizational skills, ability to prioritize work and adapt rapidly to changing priorities
- Ability to manage multiple situations/issues under time pressure
- Effective presentation and training skills
- Ability to present and critically discuss safety data in both internal and external discussions
- Ability to evaluate, interpret and synthesize scientific data (analytical thinking)
- Team player with ability to function in a cross-functional environment
- Self-motivated, able to prioritize and plan effectively, and independently, with mínimal supervision
- Ability to navigate in databases and pull information correctly
- Good organizational skills and attention to detail

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