Drug Safety Physician
Deerfield, IL
Req ID 46169BR
Business Title
Drug Safety Physician
Business
Global Quality
Sub-Business
Global Pharmacovigilance
Country
US
State/Province
Illinois
Location of Position
Deerfield, IL
Shift_
1st
Job Description
•Provide medical review individual case safety reports (clinical and spontaneous), including coding, seriousness, expectedness and Baxter causality assessment for an assigned therapeutic area.
•Ensures that appropriate medical interpretation and consistency are applied to adverse event case assessment.
•Perform aggregate safety data review, safety surveillance activities to review for potential safety signals and provide input to documents such as PSURs and PADERS.
•Work with clinical counterparts as needed, including review clinical study protocols, development plans and serious adverse event handling.
•Be the pharmacovigilance expert for assigned drugs or biologics, maintain current knowledge of full product portfolio and safety profiles for products.
•Communicate and interact effectively within and across Therapeutic Teams, and within Functional Team Management as appropriate
•Provide pharmacovigilance support for internal and external customer.
•Provide medical review of individual case safety reports, including coding, expectedness and Baxter causality assessment. Ensures that appropriate medical interpretation and consistency are applied to adverse event case assessment.
•Perform aggregate safety data review, safety surveillance activities to review for potential safety signals and provides guidance on the regulatory status for expedited reporting and/or signal detection/trends.
•Support internal and external customers related to the evaluation of issues and adverse events related to licensed products safety and efficacy. Shares medical/clinical expertise with counterparts in other functional areas such as quality assurance, regulatory affairs, marketing, manufacturing, and legal globally.
•Provide medical and scientific expertise on pharmacovigilance matters affecting the preparation and submission of timely and accurate information to the regulatory authorities. Review and provide assurance of medical/pharmacovigilance content and clinical relevance of regulatory safety documents including Investigators' Brochures, PSURs and ad hoc regulatory reports as assigned. This includes input to PSURs and PADERS with focus on providing overview for the medical analysis and safety sections.
•Work with labeling team to accurately portray the safety profile of assigned drugs or biologics.
•Serve as a medical liaison between Global Pharmacovigilance and other Business Unit medical team members.
•Maintain knowledge of global regulatory authority regulations (especially FDA and EMEA)
•Contribute to the training, leadership and continuing education for all departmental staff.
Job Requirements
•Knowledge of industry regulations and drug safety practices
•Strong knowledge of adverse event case report triage processing
•Experience with commercial databases and safety coding dictionaries (MedDRA, WHOART, COSTART, etc.)
•Excellent oral and written communication skills
•Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills are required
•Strong skills in presenting drug safety topics for regulatory authorities or at conventions, meetings, etc.
•M.D. degree required, with medical licensure in at least one state, and board certification in a specialty appropriate to the products of the division
•An advanced research degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) is highly desirable
•5+ years of experience post-residency, with at least 3 years of related clinical or regulatory experience
•Previous experience in pharmaceutical / biotechology industry experience is desirable
•Exposure to working relationship with FDA and other regulatory authorities is preferred
•Knowledge and understanding of national and international regulatory guidelines are a plus
•Knowledge of medical aspects of drug safety in Pre- and post-marketing safety practice
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