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Thermo Fisher Scientific

Makes lab instruments, reagents and supplies

Medical Director - Nephrology / Internal Medicine

Clinical Research OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listedRemote

About the Job

Requirements

  • Medical Doctor with a specialty in Nephrology or Internal Medicine, with demonstrated clinical experience treating nephrology patients in hospital practice.
  • Industry experience in clinical development is required.
  • Significant experience in the pharmaceutical industry, clinical trials, and pharmaceutical medicine is critically important.
  • Fluency in spoken and written English is required.
  • Demonstrated understanding and experience with the New Drug Application submission process.
  • Demonstrated understanding of regulatory guidelines for adverse event reporting.

Responsibilities

  • Provide medical leadership to study teams, including creating clinical trial protocols using the latest scientific information; contribute to site selection; review and approve study protocols and amendments, Clinical Study Reports, Informed Consent Forms, Case Report Forms, protocol deviation decisions, and other clinical documents required for clinical trials.
  • Conduct real-time medical monitoring of clinical studies, ensuring medical validity of each primary endpoint and subject safety, identifying medical issues early, and proactively addressing customer concerns and correcting issues in consultation with the Global Medical Indication Lead.
  • During initial protocol review, consult internal groups and support staff on procedural and budgetary items and the need for changes resulting from protocol amendments. Secure other functions' commitment to close gaps and address issues promptly and effectively.
  • Serve as chief liaison between the sponsor and all PPD internal departments performing required tasks during all study phases.
  • Educate investigator sites by delivering a protocol-specific laboratory procedures presentation and demonstration at investigator meetings.
  • Control, handle, and follow day-to-day clinical-trial activities to resolve issues and answer queries.
  • Serve as the medical point of contact for internal and external stakeholders; interact with investigators as needed; answer questions from Institutional Review Boards and Health Authorities; prepare and present materials to the study executive and independent safety committee when applicable; provide medical training to site staff at investigator meetings and train Clinical Research Associates in new indications.
  • Ensure compliance with all medical aspects of studies by understanding and applying relevant Standard Operating Procedures and Good Clinical Practice.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional study-team members to ensure medical risks, issues, and results are clear to all involved parties.

About the Company

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Makes lab instruments, reagents and supplies

Thermo Fisher Scientific makes and sells the instruments, chemicals, consumables and lab services that drug companies, hospitals, universities and industrial labs use for research, testing and production. Its products cover work from gene sequencing and protein analysis to diagnostic tests and lab freezers, and its distribution arm ships supplies to labs worldwide. Drug developers also hire it to run clinical trials and to manufacture medicines under contract. It earns money from consumables that labs buy again and again, along with instrument sales, service contracts and outsourcing fees. The company traces its roots to Thermo Electron, founded in 1956, which merged with Fisher Scientific in 2006, and it is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Waltham, MA
Founded
1956

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