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IQVIA

Runs drug trials and sells health data to pharma

Pharmacovigilance Scientist 2 - Safety Aggregate Report Specialist 2

Biology & BiotechConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A life science graduate or postgraduate qualification, pharmacy, nursing, another healthcare-related qualification, or experience in pharmacovigilance is required.
  • Four to six years of relevant pharmacovigilance experience, including hands-on experience with drug safety, aggregate reports, and signal detection or signal management, is preferred.
  • Fluent spoken and written English is required.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills are required.
  • Ability to work as part of a team is required.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the signal detection and literature lead, or backup lead, for ongoing literature safety surveillance of marketed and investigational products; evaluate events of special interest and review aggregate data.
  • Author and finalize aggregate reports, including Periodic Benefit-Risk Evaluation Reports (PBRERs), Periodic Safety Update Reports (PSURs), Development Safety Update Reports (DSURs), and ACOs.
  • Author responses to regulatory agency and Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) inquiries as required.
  • Serve as the principal molecule owner when assigned, ensuring deliverables are completed in compliance with applicable key performance indicators (KPIs). Set up and update product signaling strategies as approved by the customer's Safety Strategy Lead.
  • Author and/or quality-control review all types of signal-management deliverables. Lead or conduct ongoing signal detection activities according to agreed signaling strategies; perform signal validation and evaluation analyses to identify signals proactively and characterize risks, as approved by the customer's Safety Strategy Lead. Document and track signals fully.
  • Ensure molecule deliverables are completed on time and liaise with portfolio clinical science scientists, service-provider process leads, and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Distribute molecule work within the team of molecule scientists when necessary, coordinating support across molecules and disease areas during workload peaks and troughs.
  • Oversee end-to-end molecule work, ensuring consistent tracking of signals from detection through assessment and inclusion in aggregate reports.
  • Maintain in-depth knowledge of the molecule and disease area within the service-provider molecule team.
  • Oversee the quality of molecule deliverables to the customer's molecule team, with hands-on involvement, including authoring Drug Safety Review (DSR) conclusions and participating in signal detection and literature meetings between the service provider and customers.
  • Resolve issues with molecule deliverables, collaborating with the service-provider process lead when necessary.
  • Participate in internal and external audits and inspections as required.
  • Read, acknowledge, and adhere to required IQVIA and customer standard operating procedures (SOPs); complete required training on time and maintain documented compliance.
  • Conduct regular lessons-learned sessions with working teams and cascade customer information to relevant team members.

Desired Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience with drug safety, aggregate reports, and signal detection or signal management is preferred.

About the Company

IQVIA

Runs drug trials and sells health data to pharma

IQVIA runs clinical trials for drug, biotech and medical device companies and sells them the health data, software and analytics they use to develop and market treatments. Its research arm designs studies, recruits trial sites and patients, and manages trials through to regulatory filing. Its commercial arm sells market data, consulting and software that pharma sales and marketing teams use to plan product launches. Clients pay through multi-year service contracts and data and software subscriptions. IQVIA was formed in 2016 when clinical research firm Quintiles merged with health data company IMS Health, and it is based in Durham, North Carolina.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Durham, NC
Founded
1998

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