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Safety Physician

Fortrea
Fortrea
1-3 years
Not Disclosed
Mumbai, Pune, India
10 March 2, 2026
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time Remote Education: B.Sc./ M.Sc./ M.Pharm/ B.Pharm/ 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

Safety Physician | Pune / Mumbai | Remote Opportunity

Company: Fortrea
Location: Pune or Mumbai, India (Remote Eligible)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Job ID: 26416
Application Deadline: 05 March 2026

About Fortrea

Fortrea is a leading global Contract Research Organization (CRO) providing end-to-end clinical development, pharmacovigilance, and regulatory solutions to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies. With a strong focus on patient safety and regulatory compliance, Fortrea supports sponsors in ensuring safe and effective therapies across global markets.

Position Overview

The Safety Physician provides medical safety expertise for post-marketing pharmacovigilance activities related to drugs, medical devices, and combination products. This role involves primary and secondary medical review of individual case safety reports (ICSRs), aggregate safety analysis, signal detection, and regulatory compliance oversight.

The position plays a critical role in maintaining high-quality pharmacovigilance deliverables aligned with global regulatory requirements and sponsor expectations.

Key Responsibilities

Medical Case Review and Assessment

  • Perform primary medical review of safety cases.

  • Conduct medical assessment for seriousness, causality, and listedness/labeling.

  • Ensure accurate adverse event coding and narrative review.

  • Maintain updated documentation in tracking tools to support workflow management.

Quality Control and Compliance

  • Perform secondary medical review (Quality Control role) and retrospective quality review (Quality Assurance role).

  • Identify error trends, training gaps, and areas for process improvement.

  • Ensure deliverables meet quality, compliance, and productivity SLAs and KPIs.

Aggregate Safety and Signal Management

  • Conduct aggregate medical reviews and contribute to signal detection and analysis activities.

  • Support interpretation of safety data trends and risk evaluation processes.

Team Support and Training

  • Provide medical training and guidance to pharmacovigilance case processing teams.

  • Offer subject matter expertise on clinical and therapeutic aspects of adverse event evaluation.

Client and Process Excellence

  • Strengthen sponsor relationships through high-quality service delivery.

  • Contribute to process improvement initiatives across pharmacovigilance operations.

  • Promote a culture of accountability, compliance, and customer service excellence.

Educational Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Medical Sciences, MD, DO, or equivalent medical qualification.

  • Equivalent relevant experience may be considered in lieu of formal educational requirements.

Experience Required

  • 1–3 years of relevant experience in pharmacovigilance, clinical research, or related medical safety roles.

  • Up to 2 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, including case processing and medical review, preferred.

  • 1–2 years of clinical practice experience preferred.

  • Strong working knowledge of medical sciences, diagnosis, therapeutics, and drug treatments.

  • Understanding of global regulatory requirements in Clinical Research and Pharmacovigilance.

  • Working knowledge of ICH-GCP guidelines.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Strong understanding of global pharmacovigilance regulations and post-marketing safety requirements.

  • Experience in signal detection, aggregate safety review, or risk management activities.

Language Requirements

  • Speaking: English proficiency at ILR level 3 or higher.

  • Writing/Reading: English proficiency at ILR level 4 or higher.

Work Environment

  • Office-based in Pune or Mumbai, or remote/home-based as approved by the line manager.

  • Collaborative, compliance-driven pharmacovigilance environment.

  • Focused on regulatory excellence and patient safety.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Fortrea is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration in accordance with applicable employment laws and regulations.

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