03/08/2024 updated

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Senior Drug Safety Specialist, Senior Drug Safety Associate, Data analyst

Pune, India
Worldwide
M.Pharmacy
Pune, India
Worldwide
M.Pharmacy

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CV - Kaustubh Kandharkar

Data AnalysisDatabasesDrug DiscoveryPharmacovigilanceElectronic Data Interchange (EDI)MedDRAOracle ApplicationsAris SoftwarePubmedArgus
Skilled in Aris golbal, Argus databse, data analysis, Data analyst, problem solving skill, Database systems, data exchange, End Note, Excel, Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Oracle, PubMed, MedDRA coding

Experience

Professional experience5 - 10 years
Freelancer since2024

Languages

GermanBasic knowledgeEnglishFluentHindiNative speaker

Project history

Senior Medical Safety Officer

Eversana
* Provided dedicated support on Medical Information/Drug Safety aspects of the ICSR and Literature case process and collaborated with
other functional areas of the organisation. Maintains, understanding and compliance with SOPs, Work Instructions (WIs), global
drug/biologic/device regulations, GCPs, ICH guidelines, GVP, project/program plans and the drug development process.
* Resolved preventable issues with drug safety database by working with IT Department, which decreased the audit time by 40%.
Reduced safety profile writing time by 33% by standardising the process.
* Gather, review, analyse, and evaluate pertinent resources to prepare, develop, and finalize low complexity documents, such as patient
narratives, public disclosure documents, and aggregate safety reports (e.g., Periodic Adverse Drug Experience Report [PADERs]), under
supervision of the project medical writer or other appropriate departmental supervision.
* Provided pharmacovigilance data analysis, authoring, and quality control (QC) expertise for the preparation of a range of global regulatory
aggregate safety reports, including PADER, DSUR, PSUR/PBRER, etc.
* Participated in writing of PV input for regulatory submissions and regulatory responses, collaborating with cross-functional areas as
appropriate
* Authoring and review of Aggregate reports (PSURs/PBRERs, PADERs/Annual Reports/ ACO/ DSUR) for
submission to local and other Health Authorities
* Collaborated with international affiliates to ensure accuracy and completion of drug safety reports.
* Managed daily workload for signal, literature searches, aggregate reports generation and any other tasks relevant to the
Pharmacovigilance Department.
* Developed, maintained and updated safety-related documents for regulatory submissions, Sop's and Risk Management Plans.
* Established continuous processes and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and client standards.
Successfully analysed and reported on safety data for adverse event trends and safety signals.
* Managed a process re-engineering project to improve and consolidate end-to-end service processes; restructured communication flow
among
* Training and mentoring of new employees in pharmacovigilance team.
* Provides mentoring and work direction to more junior level staff.
* Analyses, reviews, and interprets safety data, both non-clinical and clinical and any other relevant sources

Senior Drug Safety Specialist

Fidelity Health Services
* Managed processing of individual case safety reports (ICSR), spontaneously as well as from business partners.
* Managed a process of End-to-End Processing of the case.
* Review of adverse events case reports of regulatory reporting.
* Effectively communicates with managers, project team members, and client contacts
* Communicate new or changed regulations to management and to relevant members of the department in order to initiate any change in
processes.
* Provide administrative support for the preparation of safety writing deliverables for both developmental and market-authorised
products.
* Training and mentoring of Pharmacovigilance associates
* Creation/Maintenance of periodic safety report (aggregate reporting in Pharmacovigilance) timetable/calendars.
* Classification of aggregate reports.
* Tracking and managing the preparation of reports based on pharmacovigilance aggregate reporting period and database lock.

Senior Drug Safety Associate

Bioclinica
* Skilled in health care information entry into database quality and tracking systems for receipt and tracking patient reports.
* Assisted in the processing of cases according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and project/program-specific safety
plans.
* Triaged safety reports, evaluated data for completeness, accuracy, and regulatory report ability.
* Data Entry into safety database like Argus, Airs'G. Coding events, medical history, concomitant medications and tests.

Data analyst

Cognizant Technology and Solutions
* Triaging and prioritizing cases based on seriousness criteria and coding of products using Company Dictionary and WHO DD and assessing
and categorizing the Quality complaint cases.
* Following client specific regulations and Duplicate searching of cases.
* Enter information into database quality and tracking systems for receipt and tracking of patient safety reports.
* Assisting in the processing of cases according to SOPs and project/program-specific safety plans.
* Participates in PV process improvement initiatives Eg. Automation in booking and processing of ICSR cases.

Drug Safety Associate

Tata Consultancy Services
* Managed processing of individual case safety reports (ICSR) receipt via data exchange system, spontaneously as well as from business
partners.
* Handled case validation to check whether minimum valid criteria meet to initiate.
* End to End Processing of the case. Review of adverse events case reports of regulatory reporting.
* Coding of medical terminology in (MedDRA) of all adverse events, indications, medical history and medications and assessing the cases
based on the stipulated four minimum criteria.
* Responsible for delivering all operational services to the business partner in line with the SLA and maintaining the quality and productivity
levels of the team.

Certificates

Pharmacovigilance aggregate reporting certificate

Udemy

2023

Pharmacovigilance Signal detection Certificate

Udemy

2023


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