Pharmacovigilance Physician

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Pharmacovigilance Physician reviewing safety cases, signals, and aggregate reports for Evestia Clinical, a global biotech-focused CRO. Providing medical oversight across clinical and marketed products.

Responsibilities:

  • Perform medical review of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) from clinical trials and post-marketing projects
  • Assess seriousness, causality, and expectedness/labeledness of reported events
  • Review MedDRA and WHO Drug coding for adverse events and concomitant medications
  • Author medical assessments, company comments, medical summaries, and safety-related queries
  • Review cumulative analyses of similar adverse events, including Analysis of Similar Events (AOSE)
  • Provide medical support, guidance, mentoring, and training to the pharmacovigilance team
  • Review scientific literature to identify potential safety signals or valid ICSRs
  • Provide medical advice, data interpretation, and strategic guidance to internal departments, clients, and external partners
  • Support responses to regulatory authority requests, inspections, sponsor audits, and safety inquiries
  • Review and approve periodic safety reports, including PBRERs, PSURs, and DSURs
  • Participate in signal detection, signal validation, and signal assessment activities
  • Contribute to benefit-risk assessments, Risk Management Plans, and Safety Management Plans
  • Participate in or present safety data at Safety Management Committees, Data Safety Monitoring Boards, and sponsor safety governance meetings
  • Provide occasional clinical medical monitoring support during peak workloads or team absences
  • Assist investigators with protocol eligibility, safety concerns, and data management queries
  • Review clinical trial data listings, laboratory reports, and subject profiles for medical accuracy and safety concerns
  • Ensure pharmacovigilance and medical monitoring activities comply with ICH-GVP, ICH-GCP, FDA, EMA, SOPs, and client requirements

Requirements:

  • Primary medical degree (e.g., MD, MBBS, MBChB, DO or equivalent) from an accredited medical school
  • Active or previously held medical license/registration
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience as a physician in the pharmaceutical industry or a CRO, primarily focused on Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety
  • Hands-on experience performing medical review of ICSRs
  • Working knowledge of global drug safety and pharmacovigilance regulations, including ICH, FDA, and EMA
  • Strong scientific, clinical, and analytical knowledge
  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret scientific and clinical data
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Proficiency navigating clinical and pharmacovigilance safety databases
  • Ability to exercise independent medical judgment and make timely, evidence-based decisions
  • Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills
  • Strong knowledge of MedDRA and WHO Drug coding dictionaries

Benefits:

  • Collaborative and flexible working environment
  • Opportunities for professional growth
  • Supportive culture focused on wellbeing, personal development, and work-life balance
  • Opportunity to influence patient safety on a global scale
  • Meaningful work benefiting patients around the world