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Thermo Fisher Scientific

Makes lab instruments, reagents and supplies

Medical Director - Multiple Teams

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

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Medical Doctor degree with a specialty in Pulmonology and clinical experience treating pneumonology patients in hospital practice.
  • One to two years of industry experience in clinical development.
  • Significant experience within the pharmaceutical industry, clinical trials, and pharmaceutical medicine.
  • Fluency in spoken and written English.
  • Understanding and experience with the new drug application submission process.
  • Understanding of regulatory guidelines for adverse event reporting.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, and ability to work as a teammate.

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, ensure medical validity of individual primary endpoints and subject safety, identify medical issues early, and proactively address customer concerns and correct 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 changes needed after protocol amendments; coordinate other functions to close gaps and address issues; serve as liaison between the sponsor and PPD internal departments throughout study phases.
  • Educate investigator sites by delivering protocol-specific laboratory procedures presentations and demonstrations during investigator meetings.
  • Manage day-to-day clinical trial activities to resolve issues and answer queries.
  • Serve as medical point of contact for internal and external stakeholders; interact with investigators; answer questions from institutional review boards and health authorities; and prepare and present material 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 medical aspects of studies by understanding and applying relevant standard operating procedures and Good Clinical Practice.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional study team members so 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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