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Drug Safety Specialist - Japanese

0-2 years
Not Disclosed
10 Sept. 23, 2025
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time Remote Education: B.Sc/M.Sc/M.Pharma/B.Pharma/Life Sciences Skills: Causality Assessment, Clinical SAS Programming, Communication Skills, CPC Certified, 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

Drug Safety Specialist – Japanese

Primary Location: India (Remote)
Job ID: R0000035627
Category: Medical Sciences
Work Mode: Remote


Company Overview

Parexel is a global provider of clinical research and drug development services, supporting life sciences companies to improve patient outcomes and ensure regulatory compliance.


Job Overview

The Drug Safety Specialist – Japanese provides pharmacovigilance support for assigned drugs. Responsibilities include case processing, regulatory reporting, literature review, compliance monitoring, and quality oversight, with a focus on Japanese-language safety data and regulatory requirements.


Key Responsibilities

1. General

  • Maintain knowledge of assigned drugs’ adverse event profiles, labeling, client guidelines, SOPs, and global drug safety regulations.

  • Ensure compliance with internal and regulatory timelines for adverse event reporting.

  • Develop and support project-specific safety procedures, workflows, and templates.

  • Attend/conduct internal and client training sessions.

  • Participate in audits and inspections: preparation, participation, and follow-up.

  • Delegate work to Drug Safety Assistants when required.

  • Liaise with client teams to ensure high-quality deliverables.

  • Identify concerns and escalate to senior management.

  • Mentor new team members and manage document archiving.

  • Respond to clients/customers in a timely manner.

2. Case Processing

  • Monitor incoming safety reports from mailboxes, EudraVigilance, literature searches, etc.

  • Triage reports for completeness, legibility, and validity.

  • Assess medical consistency and compare with client database records.

  • Add new products or remove withdrawn/expired products from client tools.

  • Create and accurately enter cases into the safety database.

  • Ensure expectedness, causality, and seriousness criteria are correct.

  • Apply MedDRA coding according to guidelines.

  • Perform query management and prepare case narratives.

  • Conduct case reconciliation with Data Management.

  • Generate line listings and tabulations for safety reports.

  • Support compliance for ICSRs, including late case investigations and corrective actions.

3. Drug Safety Reporting

  • Conduct quality control of case reports, line listings, and tabulations.

  • Develop expedited reporting procedures and maintain local reporting requirements.

  • Register with relevant authorities for electronic reporting.

  • Submit safety reports to investigators and track submissions.

  • Perform unblinding of SUSARs as required.

  • Collect and report compliance metrics.

4. Regulatory Affairs

  • Compare client data with database content and update missing information.

  • Maintain product lifecycle details in regulatory databases (strength, packaging, sites, shelf life, etc.).

  • Track labeling, quality, and administrative changes; create references for health authority responses.

  • Generate and dispatch regulatory reports; track submission status.

  • Perform xEVMPD submissions via EMA Gateway and validate content against SmPC.

5. Literature Search & Review

  • Formulate and maintain literature search strategies per client requirements.

  • Retrieve, review, and enter valid cases into the database.

  • Maintain local journals in scope for literature searches.

  • Perform quality checks on search strategies and journals.

  • Periodically review database thesauri and update search strategies.

  • Interact with internal/external contacts to resolve literature-related issues.


Required Skills & Competencies

  • Sound knowledge of drug safety and drug development processes.

  • Ability to interpret and apply global safety regulations.

  • Experience in data analysis and evaluation of safety data.

  • Strong presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

  • Clear understanding of regulatory submission processes.

  • Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and prioritization skills.

  • Proficiency in database/literature searches, MS Office, and web-based applications.

  • Client-focused and collaborative; able to manage multiple priorities.


Education & Experience

  • Degree in Life Sciences, Health, or Biomedical Sciences (Pharmacy, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Biophysics, etc.), or relevant PV experience.

  • Advantage: Degree in Medicine, Dentistry, Physiotherapy, Experimental Medicine, or Nursing.

  • Relevant experience in drug safety/pharmacovigilance.

  • Good knowledge of medical terminology.

  • Japanese Language Proficiency: JLPT N2 or above (required).

  • Experience with PMDA PV activities and Japanese-speaking PV case processing teams.


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