Drug Safety Physician...Parexel...m

DepartmentPharmacovigilance JobsLocationHyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Job Description : 
Job Title Drug Safety Physician
Department Worldwide Medical Services
SBU Clinical Research Services (CRS)
Location Hyderabad

Essential Function
• Contribute to and provide medical review, analysis and guidance during the case handling and reporting cycle of Adverse Event and Adverse Reaction reports received for investigational and marketed products
• Ongoing safety surveillance and signal detection/analysis
• Provide medical guidance to Drug Safety Associates and Specialists in medical aspects of drug safety
• Provide medical input in all required safety reports, such as –but not limited to – PSURs, Clinical Expert Statement, Investigator notification letters
• Review all documents assigned for scientifically relevant issues including drug safety
• Function as pharmacovigilance representative/safety leader/senior technical lead on the projects, in Proposal Development Team and/or client meetings
• Provide medical advice and support for the safety component of feasibility studies
• Provide safety input to Risk-Management Plans, Pharmacovigilance Strategy and to the overall analysis of the benefit-risk balance of marketed or investigational products
• Support of Medical Directors as required
• Support of the QPPV

Relationships
Reports To Head of PV Operations 
Directly Supervises None 
Provides Work Direction to Drug Safety staff
Works Closely with All Medical and PV staff, PAREXEL Consulting (PC), Research Regulatory Compliance (RRC), Medical Writing Services (MWS), Proposal & Development Group (PDG), Project Management and members of the Clinical Operations Group
External Relationships Clients, Healthcare Professionals, Consumers, Consumer Representatives, Regulatory Authorities, Central Ethics Committees

Key Accountabilities
• Medical and scientific Pharmacovigilance review of:
o Literature Reports including epidemiological background research
o Clinical trial reports
o Study protocols
o Clinical Trial (Serious) Adverse Event Reports
o Post-marketing ADR reports
o Case files, narratives, coding, causality and expectedness assessment
• Analysis of Adverse Event Reports during ongoing surveillance and signal detection, including independent analysis of safety risks
• Writing of safety section, including benefit risk assessment, of PSURs, Clinical Expert Statements and other documents as required; general PSUR support
• Provide medical guidance to Safety Staff during the case processing cycle
• Review and sign off technical documents written by PAREXEL with respect to medically relevant matters with particular attention to those relating to drug safety
• Attend and present material (such as therapeutic area training), as requested, at internal and external meetings (such as investigator meetings)
• Provide input as necessary to Feasibility Studies, Data Monitoring Committees (DMCs), Clinical Endpoint Committees (CECs).
• Participate in Proposal Development Teams (PDTs) for client bid meetings
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of projects by attending Professional Society Meetings
• Provide support for marketing activities as requested
• Provide medical safety expertise to client per request
• Provide medical safety expertise and training to other PAREXEL personnel, as required
• Be able to provide a 24 hours/day, 7 days/week availability per request
• Maintain a current medical license.
• Keep current with professional and pharmacovigilance regulations and knowledge 
• Accommodate Pharmacovigilance timelines through flexible approach to working hours

Skills
• Experience in clinical medicine (general or specialist qualifications) which is expected to be kept up to date
• Clinical Research (GCP) or Pharmacovigilance knowledge /qualifications
• Computer skills
• Good knowledge of drug safety and the drug development process
• Good presentation skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good verbal / written communication skills
• Good time management skills
• Client focused approach to work

Qualifications : 
• Experience in Pharmaceutical Medicine desirable 
• 1-2 years of PV experience preferred
• Clinical practice experience desirable

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