Drug Safety Physician

ICON
Full Time
₹8 Lakhs - ₹10 Lakhs
Chennai
Posted 40m ago

Drug Safety Physician

ICON

Job description

ICON is hiring a Drug Safety Physician in Chennai, offering a great career opportunity for licensed doctors who want to move into clinical research and pharmacovigilance.

Company Description

ICON is a healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. The company focuses on getting medicines and treatments to patients faster. The company believes in integrity, collaboration, agility, and inclusion in all of its actions. ICON creates teams that're diverse and help serve customers, patients, and suppliers in a better way. The company aims to be the trusted partner of choice in drug development worldwide.

Job Summary

This role is for a Drug Safety Physician based in Chennai, working in a hybrid setup. The physician will provide medical and safety support across ICON project teams. The role covers adverse event review, safety issue assessment, and pharmacovigilance guidance. The physician also supports regulatory reporting and client communication. Prior hospital-based clinical experience is needed, with clinical research exposure as a plus.

Key Responsibilities

  • Review coding, such as MedDRA, and assess adverse events and adverse drug reactions for seriousness, expectedness, and relatedness.

  • Review aggregated reports like patient profiles, line listings, and periodic safety update reports for product safety insight.

  • Assess safety issues from clinical trials or post-marketing settings and raise them to the line manager when needed.

  • Support and train teams on regulatory needs for expedited and periodic reporting of adverse events.

  • Review project-specific procedures and take part in related project meetings.

  • Communicate with clients as outlined in project-specific procedures.

  • Help prepare and run code break activities.

  • Review and give input on product information and core data sheets.

  • Offer pharmacovigilance guidance to clients on regulatory reporting requirements.

  • Guide medical and safety staff on adverse event reporting rules.

  • Take on other responsibilities as assigned by the team.

Educational Qualification 

  • A qualified and licensed physician (MBBS) degree is required for this role.

  • Candidates should have 2 to 3 years of patient diagnosis and treatment experience in a hospital-based setup.

Skills Required 

  • Strong clinical judgment from hospital-based patient care experience.

  • Good knowledge of GCP and good pharmacovigilance practices.

  • Prior experience in clinical research or pharmacovigilance is an added advantage.

  • Ability to review complex safety data with accuracy.

  • Comfort working in a hybrid and fast-paced setting.

Salary Structure 

The average salary for a Drug Safety Physician at ICON plc in India typically ranges from ₹8 Lakhs to ₹10 Lakhs per year, depending on experience.

Career Development 

This role offers exposure to global pharmacovigilance and safety work during clinical trials. This role can help build a path toward medical safety or drug safety leadership roles over time.

How to Apply 

  • Visit our job portal and search for the Drug Safety Physician role in ICON.

  • Click on the listing to see details about the job.

  • Fill in your information and upload your resume.

  • Send your application.

Employment Type: Full Time
Industry: Healthcare
Role Category: Pharmacovigilance
Application: External (Company Site)

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Key Skills

PharmacovigilanceNon Clinical Jobs

Market insights & trends

Salary Insights

The amount of money that gets paid can be different depending on how they have been working, where they live and what kind of job they are doing. Some places pay more than others. Most good jobs include extra money for doing a good job, health insurance and flexible hours. Companies pay high salary to make sure they can get the people they want.

Hiring Trends

The number of jobs for this profile is going up every year. Hospitals and other healthcare companies are looking for people who're good, at their job and can also figure out new problems. They want who can do the work and also think on their feet to deal with the challenges of working in healthcare today.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about the process

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