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Medical Data Reviewer

ICON
5+ years
Not Disclosed
Bangalore, Remote, India, India
15 Sept. 10, 2026
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time, Hybrid, Remote Education: B.Sc./ M.Sc./ M.Pharm/ B.Pharm/ Life Sciences Skills: Basic Statistics Interpretation, Clinical Research Knowledge, Evidence Synthesis, Literature Review, Medical Writing, MS Word, Narrative Writing, Scientific Writing

Medical Data Reviewer

Company: ICON
Job Requisition ID: JR157555
Employment Type: Full-time
Work Mode: Office or Home
Location: Bangalore, India
Position: Medical Data Reviewer – India, Home-Based
Posted: 14 days ago

Role Overview

The Medical Data Reviewer will perform clinical and medical data review activities to identify data inconsistencies, safety issues, protocol compliance concerns, and other issues requiring clarification from clinical trial sites.

The role works closely with Clinical Scientists, Medical Directors, Data Management, Clinical Operations, and study teams to ensure clinical data quality, integrity, and readiness for key study milestones and regulatory activities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform ongoing clinical and medical data review to identify errors and inconsistencies requiring clarification.

  • Review patient-level clinical data and documents, including:

    • Patient eligibility

    • Diagnosis

    • Medical history

    • Prior treatments

    • Study drug administration

    • AE/SAE/AESI

    • Concomitant medications

    • Safety laboratory data

    • Efficacy assessments

    • End of Treatment (EOT)

    • End of Study (EOS)

    • Survival data

    • Medical coding

  • Raise clinical data queries and monitor timely follow-up with clinical sites.

  • Review site responses and determine whether queries have been appropriately addressed.

  • Close queries or issue additional queries when required.

  • Identify clinical data training needs for CRAs and study sites.

  • Conduct in-stream data trend analysis to support data quality and integrity.

  • Perform targeted patient-data reviews and assess protocol compliance.

  • Support clinical data project management activities.

  • Serve as a subject matter expert in clinical/medical data review and cleaning.

  • Maintain an audit-ready approach to clinical data quality.

  • Monitor site data-entry performance and help identify root causes of data issues.

  • Support remedial actions and timely resolution of data-compliance issues.

  • Identify opportunities to improve data-review efficiency and quality.

  • Contribute to EDC completion training when required.

Clinical Data Review Meetings

The role may participate in meetings such as:

  • Protocol Deviation Review

  • Data Review and Quality Team (DRQT)

  • Statistical Review of Clinical Data (SRCD)

  • Safety Monitoring Team (SMT) Review

Data Dissemination & Study Meetings

The position may also involve preparing or reviewing materials and presenting at:

  • Investigator meetings

  • Advisory boards

  • Safety cohort review meetings

  • Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) meetings

  • Steering Committee meetings

  • Senior management meetings

  • Central imaging review meetings

  • Study/program decision forums

Scientific & Regulatory Support

Responsibilities may include:

  • Reviewing clinical data before data cuts and snapshots.

  • Supporting interim analyses.

  • Supporting DSUR and Investigator's Brochure activities.

  • Responding to regulatory data requests.

  • Supporting site close-outs and final database lock.

  • Supporting clinical narrative readiness for Clinical Study Reports (CSRs).

  • Reviewing and QC-ing patient narratives.

  • Supporting tracking of clinical narratives.

  • Reviewing clinical data sections of abstracts, manuscripts, oral presentations, and posters.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

The Medical Data Reviewer will collaborate closely with:

  • Clinical Scientists

  • Medical Directors

  • Data Management

  • Clinical Operations

  • Clinical Compliance

  • Systems Validation teams

  • CRAs

  • Clinical trial sites

  • Other study and program stakeholders

Educational Qualifications

Preferred scientific/healthcare backgrounds include:

  • MD

  • MBBS

  • PharmD

  • PhD

  • MSc

  • Nursing

  • Equivalent advanced healthcare or scientific qualification

The broader requirements also allow a life sciences degree with relevant clinical experience.

Experience Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years of pharmaceutical clinical/medical data review experience.

  • Clinical cross-checking experience is required.

  • 8+ years preferred.

  • Experience in clinical research, pharmacovigilance, or medical monitoring.

  • Experience within a pharmaceutical company, CRO, or related environment.

  • Solid Tumor Oncology experience is preferred.

Technical Skills

  • Clinical/medical data review

  • Clinical cross-checking

  • Clinical database navigation

  • Coding review

  • Clinical query writing

  • Data cleaning

  • Clinical data trend analysis

  • Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems

  • Clinical trial data listings

  • Standard clinical data formats

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Project management

Knowledge Requirements

  • Good Clinical Practice (GCP)

  • Clinical trial design

  • Drug development processes

  • Safety reporting

  • Medical terminology

  • Clinical data quality and integrity

  • Protocol compliance

  • Regulatory and clinical study requirements

Key Competencies

  • Strong analytical ability

  • Excellent attention to detail

  • Strong written and verbal English communication

  • Ability to manage timelines and multiple activities

  • Strong organisation and tracking skills

  • Independent working capability

  • Effective cross-functional collaboration

  • Ability to identify, investigate, and resolve data issues

Important Eligibility Point

This role is more suitable for experienced clinical data/medical review professionals than for pure ICSR pharmacovigilance profiles.

For an M.Pharm candidate, eligibility is possible based on the broader qualification wording, but the major hurdle is the requirement for ≥5 years of pharmaceutical clinical/medical data review experience with clinical cross-checking.

If your experience is primarily ICSR processing, case intake, MedDRA coding, follow-up, and PV operations, this would not be as strong a match as the ICON Pharmacovigilance Reporting Specialist or Pharmacovigilance Manager roles you shared.