Medical Director, Patient Safety Physician

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Clinical safety strategy
Risk management initiatives
Pharmacovigilance system
Responsible for the Clinical Safety strategy for assigned AstraZeneca drug projects and products throughout all stages of development and/or when on the market, including implementation and communication of the strategy at the project team/governance level

Job Summary

  • Responsible for the Clinical Safety strategy for assigned AstraZeneca drug projects and products throughout all stages of development and/or when on the market, including implementation and communication of the strategy at the project team/governance level.
  • Responsible for continuous efficient evaluation of adverse event and all other safety information in order to predict and manage the safety profile of compounds in clinical development and marketed products.
  • Works collaboratively with experts from across AZ (e.g. Pre-clinical safety, Safety Knowledge Groups, Safety Informatics Scientists and Safety Science), as well as colleagues from all three Science Units as leader/member of a Safety Management Team)/ Safety Review Team or as a member of other cross-functional project teams, thereby promoting high quality evaluation of safety data.

Matching Summary

Responsible for the Clinical Safety strategy for assigned AstraZeneca drug projects and products throughout all stages of development and/or when on the market, including implementation and communication of the strategy at the project team/governance level.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Clinical Safety strategy
  • Risk management initiatives
  • Pharmacovigilance system
  • Signal detection and evaluation
  • Regulatory safety documents

Nice-to-have

  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Expert group methodologies
  • Process improvement initiatives
  • Mentoring junior team members

Key Requirements

  • Medical degree (MD, MBBS)
  • At least 2 years clinical experience post-registration
  • At least 2 years Drug Development/Patient Safety experience
  • Higher Medical Training in Pharmaceutical Medicine (desirable)

Work Rights

Not specified

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