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Drug Safety Lead - Geneva

Inseriert am: 23.04.2019

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In this role, you are part of the global Drug Safety Team and are based in Geneva in our OM Pharma site. You are responsible for all drug safety activities related to OM Pharma products’ portfolio, where your main activities are:



  • Managing the review of worldwide reports on adverse events including confirming causality assessments

  • Managing the timely authoring of high quality aggregate safety reports

  • Creation and update of Risk Management Plan, implementation of additional PV activities or risk minimization measures

  • Active involvement in PASS or other safety studies

  • Signal detection and benefit/risk evaluation including initiating appropriate measures e.g. preparing safety board presentations, change control of SmPC, updating risk management plan and resulting actions plans

  • Supporting regulatory department with evaluation of adverse event profile of product to update regulatory documents

  • Ensuring safety tasks in clinical trials (incl. protocol review, SUSAR, ASR/DSUR, safety reporting, informed consent forms) are handled appropriately and in compliance with regulations

  • Supporting safety trainings for new staff, pharmacovigilance staff as well as refreshers

  • Review of Medical / Clinical Safety related SOPs


We are looking for an accurate and very autonomous person bringing the following competences:



  • Medical Degree / PhD / PharmD / University degree in Life Sciences with experience in International Drug Safety

  • 2-4 years of experience in Pharmacovigilance

  • Experience in data analysis, signal detection and benefit/risk evaluation

  • Excellent knowledge of international regulations (ICH, GVP/EU, FDA regulations)

  • Very good scientific, pharmaceutical and medical knowledge with experience in Clinical Research, and/or in Clinical Pharmacology

  • Knowledge and experience in Pharmacoepidemiology is an advantage. Ability to interpret and apply global drug safety regulations

  • Fluency in English. French is a plus

  • Ability to set up and implement drug safety strategies, risk management plans, develop Drug Safety systems and procedures, and elevate and resolve issues is an advantage

  • Proficiency in problem-solving with respect to pharmaceutical Drug Safety issues

  • Good computer literacy with experience with safety data bases (ARISg preferably)


You describe yourself as a rigorous person, who shows concern for standards and is attentive to details. You think and influence conceptually, strategically and rationally and have excellent analytical skills. Thanks to your communication’s skills you are able to communicate and work effectively in cross-functional environment with many partners and other departments of the company like for example Regulatory Affairs or Clinical trials. You show initiative and ability to plan and prioritize workload and demonstrate proactive problem-solving approach. You are looking for a challenging and agile company where your entrepreneur mindset is an added value.


Über uns


Die Vifor Pharma Gruppe – die frühere Galenica Gruppe – ist ein globales Spezialitäten-Pharmaunternehmen, das eigene Pharmaprodukte erforscht, entwickelt, herstellt und vertreibt und ein bevorzugter Partner für innovative patientenorientierte Lösungen ist. Das Unternehmen hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, ein globaler Marktführer in den Bereichen Eisenmangel, Nephrologie und kardiorenale Therapien zu sein und weltweit Patienten mit schweren und chronischen Erkrankungen zu einem besseren Leben in Gesundheit zu verhelfen. Die Vifor Pharma Gruppe verfügt über Produktionsstätten in der Schweiz und in Portugal sowie über ein dynamisches Netzwerk von Vertriebsgesellschaften und Partnern zur weltweiten Marktabdeckung. Das Unternehmen treibt die Expansion seiner weltweiten Präsenz laufend voran, bleibt dabei aber in seinem schweizerischen Heimmarkt fest verwurzelt.


Die Vifor Pharma Gruppe besteht aus Vifor Pharma, Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma, ihrem gemeinsamen Unternehmen mit Fresenius Medical Care, Relypsa und OM Pharma.


Für mehr Informationen gehen Sie bitte auf: www.viforpharma.com/de/ueber-vifor-pharma/wer-wir-sind


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