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Medical Safety Lead

4+ years
Not Disclosed
10 July 24, 2024
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time Education: B.Sc./ M.Sc./ M.Pharm/ B.Pharm/ Life Sciences Skills: Causality Assessment, Clinical SAS Programming, Communication Skills, GCP guidelines, ICD-10 CM Codes, CPT-Codes, HCPCS Codes, ICD-10 CM, CPT, HCPCS Coding, ICH guidelines, ICSR Case Processing, Interpersonal Skill, Labelling Assessment, MedDRA Coding, Medical Billing, Medical Coding, Medical Terminology, Narrative Writing, Research & Development, Technical Skill, Triage of ICSRs, WHO DD Coding

Summary

As a Medical Safety Lead, you will collaborate closely with the Global Program Safety Lead (GPSL) to provide expert safety evaluation and drive medical innovation. Your role is to ensure patient safety across the product lifecycle, integrating and analyzing both internal and external safety information to enhance Novartis's impact on patient outcomes.

About the Role

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to work cross-functionally, leveraging your expertise to improve patient safety and contribute to Novartis's goals. Your responsibilities include monitoring clinical safety, evaluating safety signals, and providing medical inputs for regulatory and clinical documents.

Major Accountabilities

  • Safety Monitoring: Oversee the clinical safety of projects/products, including literature reviews, individual case evaluations, and signal detection. Address safety-related queries promptly and appropriately.

  • Medical Assessment: Conduct medical assessments for single cases, including follow-up information collection, evaluation of product quality defects with adverse events, and preparation of investigator notifications and ethics committee reports.

  • Signal Detection: Identify and evaluate safety signals based on single cases and aggregate data using appropriate tools.

  • Regulatory and Legal Support: Provide medical input for responses to regulatory inquiries, health care professionals, and legal queries. Prepare safety data for Health Authority review and contribute to safety documents.

  • Documentation and Reporting: Assist in the preparation of safety documents such as core data sheets and clinical safety summaries. Contribute to the Safety Profiling Plan (SPP) and Risk Management Plan (RMP) updates.

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs, and other departments to provide safety inputs for clinical and regulatory deliverables.

  • Project Support: Support licensing activities, regulatory inspections, and project/product recall activities as needed.

Minimum Requirements

  • Education: Bachelor’s in Pharmacy, Nursing, PharmD, PhD, or Medical Degree (MBBS/MD) required. Specialization preferred.
  • Experience: Minimum of 4 years in drug development, with at least 2 years in a patient safety role or equivalent experience. Experience in clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements, and scientific methodology is desirable.
  • Skills: Strong ability to analyze, interpret, and present safety information. Experience in preparing clinical safety assessments and regulatory reports.

Why Novartis?

Novartis touched 766 million lives with its medicines in 2021, and we are committed to doing even more. We believe in finding innovative solutions at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. Our diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment fosters creativity and collaboration, driving us to tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges.

Join us and be part of a community that supports and inspires each other to achieve breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Imagine the possibilities at Novartis!

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