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AKANSH GOEL

AKANSH GOEL

Team Lead Pharmacovigilance
Noida

Summary

Experienced Pharmacovigilance professional with a strong background in clinical trial case management, regulatory reporting, and signal management. Proficient in ICSR workflows using Argus Safety, MedDRA coding, narrative writing, and DSUR preparation. Skilled in team training, database reconciliation, and ensuring SOP compliance. Known for maintaining audit-ready documentation and driving operational excellence through streamlined safety processes and cross-functional collaboration.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certificates

Work History

Team Lead Pharmacovigilance

Awinsa Life Sciences Pvt
Noida, Uttar Pradesh
06.2025 - Current

• Led a team of safety associates in processing and reviewing Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs).
• Ensured compliance with global regulatory requirements (FDA, EMA, MHRA) and internal SOPs.
• Mentored and trained junior staff on pharmacovigilance processes and regulatory updates.
• Literature Monitoring, including review and validity assessment of abstracts.
• Quality Check of ICSRs/SUSARs, including MedDRA coding review and narrative review to ensure high quality of safety reports in accordance with the client SOPs and regulatory requirements.
• Data analysis along with preparation and update of Investigator’s Brochure and Labels.
• Preparation and review of Safety Management Plan.
• Training the team on AWINSA’s/ Client’s SOPs, conventions, and guidelines.
• Review of Clinical Study Reports and TLFs.
• Generation and execution of Standard Operating Procedures.
• Review and Preparation of Aggregate reports, including Development Safety Update Report.
• Submit the case safety reports to regulatory authorities as per the requirements.
• Submission of SUSAR, IB, and DSUR to the Ethics Committees/Institutional Review Boards, Competent Authorities, and investigational sites.
• Generate and review queries for missing information and inform the Medical/Scientific reviewer to validate queries.
• Generation and review of the Change Control Forms and User Access Management Forms and maintenance of the client-specific CCF and UAM tracker and documentation.
• Ensure compliance with AWINSA’s/ Client’s SOPs, conventions, and guidelines, as applicable for all activities performed.
• Demonstrated expertise in SAE reconciliation between clinical and safety databases.
• Successfully faced multiple client audits with zero critical findings.
• Managed eTMF documentation for pharmacovigilance activities, ensuring timely upload, indexing, and compliance with ICH-GCP and regulatory standards.
• Conducted periodic quality checks and reconciliation of safety-related documents within the eTMF to maintain inspection readiness.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline eTMF workflows, improve document traceability, and support audit and inspection preparedness.

Senior Pharmacovigilance Associate

AWINSA life sciences
Noida
06.2023 - Current
  • Literature Monitoring including review and validity assessment of abstracts
  • Triage, Data Entry and Quality Review of of clinical trial ICSRs including MedDRA coding and narrative writing in AWINSA's pharmacovigilance safety database Argus Safety or client database
  • Follow-up Query generation, review and management and interacting with client personnel to resolve issues related to the processing of ICSRs in accordance with clients' policies
  • Archive all source documents and correspondence mails relevant to case in individual case folders in the source document archiving tool
  • Perform validation of the data for each case and make any corrections as needed
  • Proficient in eTMF document collection and upload.
  • Preparation and review of Aggregate reports including Developmental Safety Update Report as per the regulatory requirements for different countries
  • Generation and review of the Change Control Forms and maintenance of the client specific CCF tracker and documentation
  • Generation and review of the User Access Management Forms and maintenance of the client specific UAM tracker and documentation
  • Training the team on AWINSA's/Client's SOPs, conventions, and guidelines
  • Preparation and review of Reconciliation reports including generation of listing from the safety database and comparing it with the clinical database and drafting the discrepancy log and ensuring its closure
  • Submission of SUSAR, IB, and DSUR to the Ethics Committees/ Institutional Review Boards, Competent Authorities, and investigational sites

Pharmacovigilance Associate

AWINSA Life Sciences
Noida
03.2021 - 05.2023
  • Literature Monitoring including review and validity assessment of abstracts
  • Triage, Data Entry and Quality Review of of clinical trial ICSRs including MedDRA coding and narrative writing in AWINSA's pharmacovigilance safety database Argus Safety or client database
  • Follow-up Query generation, review and management and interacting with client personnel to resolve issues related to the processing of ICSRs in accordance with clients' policies
  • Archive all source documents and correspondence mails relevant to case in individual case folders in the source document archiving tool
  • Perform validation of the data for each case and make any corrections as needed
  • Generation and review of the User Access Management and Change Control Forms and maintenance of the client specific trackers and documentation
  • Preparation and review of Reconciliation reports including generation of listing from the safety database and comparing it with the clinical database and drafting the discrepancy log and ensuring its closure

Intern

Civil Hospital
Kaithal
06.2015 - 09.2015
  • First Aid treatment, drug dispensing, patient counseling, injections etc

Education

M Pharmacy -

ISF College of Pharmacy
Moga
01.2018 - 01.2020

B Pharmacy -

Kurukshetra University
Kurukshetra
01.2015 - 01.2018

D Pharmacy -

R.K.S.D College of Pharmacy
Kaithal
01.2013 - 01.2015

Skills

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Accomplishments

  • Achieved 7th rank in M. pharmacy in IKGPTU, Jalandhar, Punjab in 2020.
  • Achieved 3rd position in M. Pharmacy at ISF College of pharmacy, Moga in 06/2019.
  • Qualified GPAT in 2018.
  • Got 1st prize in scientific discussion in one day national conference in ISF College of pharmacy, Moga, in 12/2018.
  • Got 1st prize in poster presentation in 54th annual conference of the Indian Hospital Pharmacists Association in ISF College of Pharmacy in 09/2019.

Thesis Title

Pharmacological evaluation of Embelin in Benzo[α]pyrene induced experimental model of cognitive and memory impairment in mice.

Certification

Signal Detection and Management in Pharmacovigilance

Project Experience

  • Research article entitled “Pharmacological evaluation of Embelin in Benzo[α]pyrene induced experimental model of cognitive and memory impairment in mice.” communicated in Current Research in Neurobiology; 2024; Impact factor: 6.267 (Published)
  • A Book Chapter named “Digestive system” in Textbook of “Human Anatomy and Physiology-II” of B Pharmacy II semester as per new PCI syllabus. (ISBN: 977-883-946-8435)

Timeline

Team Lead Pharmacovigilance

Awinsa Life Sciences Pvt
06.2025 - Current

Generative AI in Pharmacovigilance

04-2025

Drug Regulatory Affairs

02-2025

Signal Detection and Management in Pharmacovigilance

10-2024

Senior Pharmacovigilance Associate

AWINSA life sciences
06.2023 - Current

Pharmacovigilance Associate

AWINSA Life Sciences
03.2021 - 05.2023

M Pharmacy -

ISF College of Pharmacy
01.2018 - 01.2020

Intern

Civil Hospital
06.2015 - 09.2015

B Pharmacy -

Kurukshetra University
01.2015 - 01.2018

D Pharmacy -

R.K.S.D College of Pharmacy
01.2013 - 01.2015
AKANSH GOELTeam Lead Pharmacovigilance