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Senior Physician, Patient Safety

Parexel
2-5 years
Not Disclosed
Remote, India, India
1 June 2, 2026
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time Education: B.Sc/M.Sc/M.Pharma/B.Pharma/Life Sciences Skills: Medical Billing, Medical Coding, Medical Terminology, mRS and EQ-5D-5L., Narrative Writing

Senior Physician, Patient Safety

Location: India (Remote)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Department: Pharmacovigilance / Drug Safety / Medical Sciences
Experience Level: Senior Physician / Medical Safety Expert

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Physician, Patient Safety to provide medical leadership and scientific expertise in pharmacovigilance, safety surveillance, risk management, and regulatory safety reporting activities. The role involves medical review of adverse event cases, aggregate safety reporting, medical monitoring, signal management, literature surveillance, and support for global regulatory compliance.

The successful candidate will serve as a subject matter expert (SME) in patient safety, collaborating with cross-functional teams, regulatory authorities, sponsors, and healthcare professionals to ensure accurate safety assessments and effective risk management throughout the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Pharmacovigilance & Safety Surveillance

  • Maintain expert knowledge of assigned product safety profiles, labeling information, and global pharmacovigilance regulations.

  • Serve as a Pharmacovigilance Representative and Safety Scientist for assigned products and projects.

  • Ensure compliance with global safety reporting requirements, regulatory timelines, and company procedures.

  • Support audits, inspections, and regulatory authority interactions.

  • Contribute to process improvement initiatives and KPI achievement.

Medical Review of Adverse Event Cases

  • Perform comprehensive medical review of:

    • Spontaneous adverse event reports

    • Clinical trial safety cases

    • Literature cases

    • Combination product (drug-device) safety reports

    • Complex and medically challenging cases

  • Assess:

    • Seriousness

    • Expectedness / Listedness

    • Causality

    • Clinical significance

    • Benefit-risk considerations

  • Review case narratives for medical accuracy and coherence.

  • Provide medical guidance to case processing teams.

  • Develop and review follow-up queries to obtain clinically relevant information.

  • Ensure appropriate adverse event coding and MedDRA terminology selection.

  • Resolve complex case issues in collaboration with legal, clinical, and therapeutic experts.

Aggregate Safety Reporting

  • Author, review, and provide medical oversight for aggregate safety reports, including:

    • Periodic Safety Update Reports (PSURs)

    • Periodic Benefit-Risk Evaluation Reports (PBRERs)

    • Development Safety Update Reports (DSURs)

    • Signal Evaluation Reports (SERs)

    • Clinical Overviews (COs)

    • Addenda to Clinical Overviews (ACOs)

    • Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHEs)

    • Clinical Expert Statements

    • Health Authority Response Documents

  • Ensure scientific accuracy, regulatory compliance, and consistency across all safety documents.

  • Review work completed by junior physicians and safety professionals.

Medical Monitoring & Clinical Safety

  • Provide ongoing medical support to:

    • Clinical Study Teams

    • Investigators

    • Study Coordinators

    • Sponsors

    • Internal Pharmacovigilance Teams

  • Review and approve adverse event assessments during clinical trials.

  • Evaluate clinical trial safety data, including:

    • Adverse Events (AEs)

    • Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

    • Laboratory Data

    • Vital Signs

    • Medical History

    • Concomitant Medications

    • Efficacy Endpoints

  • Identify clinically significant trends and recommend appropriate actions.

  • Participate in investigator meetings, safety review committees, and sponsor discussions.

Signal Detection & Risk Management

  • Contribute to signal detection, signal validation, and benefit-risk assessments.

  • Evaluate emerging safety information from multiple sources.

  • Support development of risk minimization and safety management strategies.

  • Provide scientific input for safety issue investigations and regulatory responses.

Literature Review & Safety Intelligence

  • Review scientific and medical literature for:

    • Product safety evaluation

    • Emerging safety signals

    • Risk-benefit assessments

  • Perform literature triage, analysis, and summarization.

  • Prepare Medical Affairs Holder (MAH) comments and safety evaluations for regulatory submissions and signal management activities.

Leadership & Mentorship

  • Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in pharmacovigilance and patient safety.

  • Mentor and develop Patient Safety Physicians and junior medical reviewers.

  • Support bid defense meetings and client presentations.

  • Deliver therapeutic area training and safety education programs.

  • Foster knowledge sharing and continuous learning within the safety team.

Required Qualifications

Education

One of the following:

  • MD (Doctor of Medicine)

  • MBBS with significant Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety experience

  • Equivalent Medical Qualification recognized by relevant regulatory authorities

Experience

  • Extensive experience in:

    • Pharmacovigilance

    • Drug Safety

    • Clinical Safety

    • Medical Monitoring

    • Risk Management

    • Regulatory Safety Reporting

  • Experience reviewing complex safety cases and aggregate reports.

  • Experience supporting regulatory inspections, audits, and health authority interactions.