Novo Nordisk looking for Drug Safety Associate

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with 89 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care. The company also has leading positions within Haemophilia care, growth hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs approximately 33,300 employees in 75 countries, and markets its products in more than 190 countries Novo Nordisk’s B shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen (Novo-B).

Post : Drug Safety Associate

Job Description

• Perform initial evaluation of reported adverse events (serious and non-serious) from all sources.
• Perform case entry and verification of reported non-serious and serious adverse events; enter the reported information in the Novo Nordisk safety database, on the basis of individual case histories, correspondence with affiliates/sites and other departments in headquarters (HQ) and various administrative assignments.
• Ensure accurate and consistent coding of all events for serious and non-serious cases entered in the Argus with the use of MedDRA (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities).
• Evaluate causality, seriousness and listedness for all cases.
• Ensure that case narrative comprises correct and appropriate safety information.
• Assess the need for follow up information and issue follow up requests for all cases and post queries in EDC and/or to affiliate
• To be responsible for Periodic Safety Update Report (PSUR) clean up and other case clean-up activities.
• Ensure that all tasks are performed in compliance in accordance to GXP requirements.
• Maintain a network of safety contacts within Global Safety (GS) and affiliates.
• Participate in projects in Global Safety or in other parts of the organisation with impact in Global Safety processes.
• Liaise with affiliates and partners for local literature and compliance.
• Liaise with Safety Reporting and IT in all aspects of data retrieval and custom reporting.
• Participate in inspections and audits when required.
• Assist with related administrative and procedural activities as required or requested.
• Independent decisions making regarding evaluating the submission of adverse event reports.
• Ensure compliance with the training plan provided for the role.
• Act as a buddy for colleagues and provide trainings as required
• Additional Information
  Job Category : General & Administration
  Location: Bangalore- Karnataka
  Industry Type: Pharma
  Requisition ID : 56336BR