Job Description
We are currently seeking a Medical Reviewer to assist in activities requiring clinical or post-marketing pharmacovigilance service lines. Within the role you will:
- Conduct the review and assessment of individual case safety reports from clinical trials, spontaneous and solicited reports
- Determine regulatory reportability of cases obtained from clinical trials, spontaneous and solicited reports within the assigned therapeutic team and across all products and sites as necessary
- Perform triage of cases and determine seriousness and relatedness across products as assigned
- Review and verify appropriate selection of adverse events from source documents, assign appropriate MedDRA code, assess labelling, review narrative.
- Acquire and maintain current knowledge of the product portfolio and safety profiles for products across therapeutic areas
- Escalate complex case issues on client product(s) to the medical review team of the client as appropriate
- Conduct assessment of litigation cases across products as assigned
- Identify and resolve case issues, coordinate with client therapeutic teams/site for specific products or functional groups
- Communicate and interact effectively within and across all client therapeutic teams, and within functional team management as appropriate
- Contribute to Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management planning for designated products by preparation of safety surveillance strategy and tracking and evaluating potential issues
- Prepare and review periodic aggregate safety reports
- Support the preparation and maintenance of safety sections of the Company Core Data Sheet
- Lead/support PDS post-marketing safety study activities
- Carry out signal detection activities and evaluation
- Follow up on reconciliation of discrepancies.
- Perform literature review activities when trained and assigned.
- Participation in local or global project teams, including on-time delivery of assigned responsibilities
- Oversee, improve and contribute to procedures and performance
- Collaborate in the development, review and initiation of SOPs
- Interact with staff in other functional areas within the company to ensure the highest level of client satisfaction through successful execution of projects
- Identify, document and appropriately resolve out-of-scope work as directed by senior management
- Maintain working knowledge of GCPs and regulatory requirements relating to clinical and PV teams to assure compliance with regulatory standards
- Mentor other staff as directed by Senior management and by consistently displaying exemplary work ethics, compassion and integrity, support Senior Management’s leadership of both the department and the company
- Read and acknowledge all necessary standard operating procedures as required.
- Execute administrative operational tasks as required
- Provide oversight on operational activities and sound understanding on project plans/documents.
- Participate in team meetings and provide regular feedback to the management on operational metrics and other challenges/issues.
Desirable Skills and Experience
- Sound knowledge of the PV domain and working experience in life cycle safety services
- Good knowledge of Clinical and PV Drug Safety procedures and regulations
- Excellent computer skills and knowledge of MS Office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Excellent organizational and time management skills