Senior Drug Safety Associate
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Job Profile Summary
- Perform case processing for serious adverse events, serious and non-serious adverse drug reactions, and other medically- related project information, such as adverse events of special interest and clinical endpoints
- Ensure all ICON, Sponsor, and regulatory timeframes are met for the processing and reporting of safety information
- Ensure the completion of all departmental project activities accurately in accordance with ICON standards, regulatory requirements, and contractual obligations to Sponsors
Job Description
- Recognize, exemplify and adhere to ICON's values, which centers on our commitment to People, Clients and Performance.
- As a member of staff, the employee is expected to embrace and contribute to our culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes adding value to our business and meeting client needs.
- Travel (up to approximately 15%) domestic and/or international as applicable
- Complete all departmental project activities accurately in accordance with ICON SOPs, Study Specific Procedures, regulatory requirements, and Sponsors processes
- Review and process serious adverse events, spontaneously reported adverse reactions and/or other medically related information per assigned tasks and study specific procedures
- Provide input and review relevant safety tracking systems for accuracy and quality and assist with maintaining project files
- Perform safety review of clinical and diagnostic data
- Liaise with investigational site, reporter, and/or Sponsor as necessary regarding safety issues
- Attend project team meetings and teleconferences as required
- Serve a resource for investigational sites and ICON personnel on safety- related issues
- Liaise with Sponsor and attend Sponsor meetings, as required
- Liaise with investigational site, reporter, and/or Sponsor as necessary regarding safety Issues
- Liaise with ICON project manager, and other departments, as appropriate
- Identify out of scope activities in conjunction with the MSS Functional Lead
- Train/mentor newly hired DSA staff, as requested
- Assist with coordination of interdepartmental activities (e.g. listing review, quality control, quality assurance (audits), miscellaneous project activities)
- Generate study specific procedures for contracted departmental services
- Assist management with weekly and monthly project status reports
- Assist with generation of regulatory reports as necessary to ensure regulatory compliance.
- Conduct safety presentations for start-up meetings, Investigator meetings and other meeting serve as lead DSA on all (including global) medical or safety projects as assigned
- Actively identify out of scope activities in conjunction with the MSS Functional Lead and/or Clinical Project Manager
- Assist the MSS Functional Lead (e.g. Medical Monitor) independently
- Perform other activities as identified and requested by management
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