Pharmacovigilance Associate

**Company Description**
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. is a leading multinational pharmaceutical company based across global locations. Each of our 24,000 plus employees comes to work every day for one collective purpose: to accelerate access to affordable and innovative medicines because **Good Health Can’t Wait**.

We started in 1984 with a modest investment, 20 employees and a bold vision. Today, we have research and development centres, manufacturing facilities or a commercial presence in 66 countries.

For nearly four decades, we have stood for access, affordability and innovation based on the bedrock of deep science, progressive people practices and robust corporate governance. As the pharmaceutical industry evolves and undergoes disruption, we see an opportunity - to strengthen our core further (the next steps) and to build the future (the new bets).

‘The Next and the New’ is how we aim to continue to be the partner of choice - purpose-driven, future-ready and sustainable. Our aim is to reach over 1.5 Bn+ patients across the world by 2030 by growing our core businesses and building for the future with sustainability at the core of our purpose and strategy. Sustainability for us means operating in a manner that respects people, planet and purpose - helping us conserve precious resources, serve our patients, create value for stakeholders, give back to society, fulfil our potential and maintain our integrity and transparency

Dr Reddy’s maintains a work environment, free from discrimination and is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to employ & nurture all qualified diverse workforce without regard to race, colour religion, nationality, sex, age, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender expression, citizenship or any other characteristic or classification protected by applicable law(s) of the country we operate in. We treasure every talent, and recognize merit and diversity in our organization.

We are seeking an Associate in our Pharmacovigilance team who will be primarily responsible for the support of the Pharmacovigilance (PV) Quality Management System and associated training.

The incumbent will be based in our Hyderabad office and report to Head Pharmacovigilance and Medical Affairs - North America

**Roles & Responsibilities**
- Drafting procedural documents including Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions and Guidance Documents to capture PV processes.
- Participate in the review, formatting and routing for review of procedural documents authored by other team members.
- Assist in the development of training materials for procedural documents as a mechanism for testing and documenting understanding.
- Support the development of training curricula for the global PV Team and affiliates, as applicable.
- Develop/deliver adverse event reporting training for non-PV internal teams and drug safety vendors on routine as well as annual basis.
- Perform and compile request for information (RFI) with PV data, adverse event collection, case processing, signal and risk management, clinical studies, PV safety concern/related issues, etc. The compilation of information to process PADERS.
- PADERS submission and publishing for all DRL products & acquired products.
- Regulatory correspondences by updating the PV shared drive labeling updates and send over to other PV stakeholders.
- Ensure provision of strategic information and complete PV Due Diligence for potential product acquisitions/divestitures and creation/modification of Safety Data Exchange Agreements.
- North America Product List for PV oversight including Master list, external & in-licensing products.** Secondary Responsibilities**:
These responsibilities will be undertaken as needed to support the global PV Team
- Receive and independently triage adverse events received from other manufacturers via regular mail and/or dedicated mailbox and forward promptly for case processing.
- Responsible for compliance with executed Pharmacovigilance Safety Data Exchange Agreements (SDEA) and routine reconciliations.
- Support finance team in collating and processing multiple invoices from Safety as well as risk management program vendors.
- Maintains document security and integrity by filing the Pharmacovigilance documents in a secure room or sending indexed files to offshore archival.
- With mínimal assistance, should be able to prioritize multiple projects, able to suggest solutions to complex issues, and delivers complete and accurate information within deadlines.
- Support North America and Global PV team with audits/inspection readiness.
- Perform all duties in accordance with Dr. Reddy’s business principles, corporate directives, SOPs and government and industry guidelines.
- Perform other relevant tasks as requested by management.

**Qualifications** Educational qualification**:Bachelor's degree in pharmacy

**Minimum work experience**: 3-4 years of drug safety experience in pharmaceutical industry with kno