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Senior Medical Safety Advisor

2 years
Not Disclosed
10 Sept. 8, 2025
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time Education: B.Sc/M.Sc/ B.Pharma/ M.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

🏷️ Job Title:

Senior Medical Safety Advisor

Job ID: R1492668
Location: Bengaluru, India (Home-based / Remote)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Job available in additional locations

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🧭 Job Overview

As a Senior Medical Safety Advisor at IQVIA, you will play a senior technical leadership role in evaluating safety data from multiple sources to assess medical and scientific relevance in the context of a product’s safety profile. You'll contribute to signal detection, regulatory reporting, and cross-functional matrix team collaboration, while providing therapeutic expertise and oversight for post-marketing and clinical pharmacovigilance activities.


🔍 Key Responsibilities

📋 Medical Review & Evaluation

  • Review and clarify:

    • Clinical trial-related Adverse Events (AEs)

    • Post-marketing Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs)

    • Narrative content, seriousness, causality, expectedness, coding, and company summaries

  • Compose, edit, and medically review:

    • Analyses of Similar Events (AOSE) for expedited cases as per regulatory requirements

  • Conduct coding review of:

    • AEs, SAEs, SADRs, Past Medical History, Concomitant Medications, and other clinical data listings

  • Serve as an internal medical consultant to pharmacovigilance case processing teams


📝 Aggregate & Document Review

  • Conduct aggregate reviews of:

    • Clinical data

    • Literature sources

    • Post-marketing surveillance data

    • Observational studies

  • Contribute to authoring or reviewing:

    • DSUR (Development Safety Update Reports)

    • RMP (Risk Management Plans)

    • PBRER (Periodic Benefit-Risk Evaluation Reports)

    • Ad hoc regulatory reports


🛡️ Safety Oversight & Strategy

  • Perform medical review of:

    • Study Protocols

    • Investigator Brochures (IBs)

    • Case Report Forms (CRFs) for safety content and data capture

  • Ensure:

    • Timely service delivery with high compliance and quality

    • Updates to safety tracking lists like watchlists, RSI (Reference Safety Information), and expectedness lists


📊 Leadership & Team Support

  • Lead and participate in:

    • Training activities, audit preparations, and knowledge-sharing sessions

    • Product transitions and team-wide process improvement initiatives

  • Guide and support team members in single case assessments and therapeutic decision-making

  • Review and sign off on:

    • Project Safety Plans

    • Medical Monitoring Plans


🤝 Client & Cross-functional Engagement

  • Attend and contribute to:

    • Project meetings, medical safety team meetings, and client meetings

  • Act as:

    • Lead Safety Physician or back-up/secondary physician on assigned projects

  • Provide 24/7 medical support as needed

  • Offer medical escalation support for:

    • Medical information inquiries

    • EU QPPV projects


📈 Signal Detection & Regulatory Vigilance

  • Participate in signal detection strategy discussions

  • Stay informed on regulatory, safety, and industry trends


🎓 Qualifications

🩺 Education

  • Medical Degree from an accredited and internationally recognized medical school (Required)

  • Valid Medical License from home country/region (Preferred)

💼 Experience

  • Minimum 3 years clinical practice post-MD (Residency/Graduate medical training accepted)

  • 2+ years in pharmaceutical or clinical research industry (Preferred)

📘 Knowledge & Skills

  • Strong clinical medicine background and therapeutic area expertise

  • In-depth knowledge of:

    • Pharmacovigilance processes (ICSRs, aggregate reports)

    • Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and ICH Guidelines

  • Experience with:

    • Safety databases and regulatory documentation

    • Tools like Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills

  • Ability to manage cross-functional relationships and stakeholder communication


🏢 About IQVIA

IQVIA is a global leader in clinical research, real-world data analytics, and pharmaceutical consulting. The company empowers healthcare organizations with intelligent insights and technologies to improve patient outcomes and accelerate innovation in medical development.

🔗 Learn more: https://jobs.iqvia.com


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