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Ashish Gakkhar

Bhiwani

Summary

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Drug Safety Specialist

Parexel International
04.2024 - Current
  • Followed all company policies and procedures to deliver quality work.
  • Developed strong client relationships through consistent communication and attentive service.
  • Attended training programs to deepen professional skillset and assisted in training fellow store associates on existing and new training programs.
  • Communicating with healthcare professionals and other stakeholders to gather additional information about adverse events
  • Reviewing and evaluating adverse event reports (AERs) to determine if they meet regulatory reporting requirements
  • Collaborating with other departments such as clinical research, regulatory affairs, and pharmacovigilance to ensure compliance with safety regulations and guidelines
  • Communicating with regulatory authorities, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders on safety-related issues.

DRUG SAFETY ASSOCIATE II

Parexel International
04.2022 - 03.2024
  • Responsible for management of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) including Triage of ICSRs/POP/Literature screening within timelines required to be submitted to regulatory authorities
  • Review of ICSRs including determining expectedness of adverse events against various labeling documents (such as EMC, CDS, IB etc.)
  • Writing case narratives, assessing causalities, and writing company comment
  • Maintaining good working knowledge of AE safety profile of assigned drugs, Reference Safety Information documents, data entry conventions and guidelines, client's procedures, and international drug safety regulations
  • Maintaining good knowledge of Case processing conventions and guidelines, labelling documents and international drug safety regulations
  • Performed coding and recoding of study ID, Protocol ID, suspect product, and adverse event
  • Handling Compliance related activities to ensure deliverable within KPI and HA timelines for vendor
  • Trained more than 40 new users in team.
  • Global regulatory reporting obligations and organizing workload to ensure compliance with internal and regulatory timelines
  • Offered friendly and efficient service to client

DRUG SAFETY ASSOCIATE I

Parexel International
11.2019 - 04.2022
  • Responsible for management of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) including Triage of ICSRs/POP/Literature screening within timelines required to be submitted to regulatory authorities
  • Review of ICSRs including determining expectedness of adverse events against various labeling documents (such as EMC, CDS, IB etc.)
  • Writing case narratives, assessing causalities, and writing company comment
  • Maintaining good working knowledge of AE safety profile of assigned drugs, Reference Safety Information documents, data entry conventions and guidelines, client's procedures, and international drug safety regulations
  • Maintaining good knowledge of Case processing conventions and guidelines, labelling documents and international drug safety regulations
  • Performed coding and recoding of study ID, Protocol ID, suspect product, and adverse event

Education

M.PHARMACY - Medicinal And Pharmaceutical Chemistry

MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY
ROHTAK, HARYANA
01.2019

B. PHARMACY - Pharmaceutical Sciences

MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY
ROHTAK, HARYANA
01.2017

Skills

  • Expertise in handling databases ARGUS
  • Additionally proficient in handling of EDC system and IRT system
  • Expertise in Drug safety regulations: Health Canada, ICH guidelines, FDA guidelines
  • Expertise in Microsoft Suite: MS word, excel, PowerPoint, outlook
  • Working as mentor since last 2 years and trained more than 40 associates
  • Able to prioritize and manage own workload autonomously
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • High level of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork
  • Handled challenging situations with ease
  • Flexible and adaptable team player
  • Collaborated with team members to achieve target results
  • Expert Problem Solving
  • Quality Assurance
  • Documentation Management

Roles And Responsibilities

  • Responsible for management of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) including Triage of ICSRs/POP/Literature screening within timelines required to be submitted to the regulatory authorities.
  • Review of ICSRs including determining the expectedness of adverse events against various labeling documents (such as EMC, CDS, IB etc.).
  • Writing case narratives, assessing causalities, and writing company comment.
  • Maintaining a good working knowledge of the AE safety profile of assigned drugs, Reference Safety Information documents, data entry conventions and guidelines, client's procedures, and international drug safety regulations.
  • Maintaining good knowledge of Case processing conventions and guidelines, labelling documents and international drug safety regulations.
  • Global regulatory reporting obligations and organizing workload to ensure compliance with internal and regulatory timelines.
  • Offered friendly and efficient service to client.
  • Performed coding and recoding of study ID, Protocol ID, suspect product, and adverse event.
  • Handling Compliance related activities to ensure deliverable within KPI and HA timelines for vendor.
  • Trained more than 40 new users in the team.

Activities

  • Experienced in processing and quality check of pregnancy cases.
  • Involved in multiple special projects including legacy transfers.
  • Involved in other MAH reporting activity to report the SAE caused by drug to the respective MAH.
  • Involved in Quality management to provide first time quality assurance to client.
  • Involved in Quarterly and annual client audits.

Personal Information

Title: Drug SAFETY ASSOCIATE II

Hobbies and Interests

  • Watching documentaries on medical advancements
  • Listening to music
  • Cooking

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Punjabi
Intermediate (B1)

Timeline

Drug Safety Specialist

Parexel International
04.2024 - Current

DRUG SAFETY ASSOCIATE II

Parexel International
04.2022 - 03.2024

DRUG SAFETY ASSOCIATE I

Parexel International
11.2019 - 04.2022

M.PHARMACY - Medicinal And Pharmaceutical Chemistry

MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY

B. PHARMACY - Pharmaceutical Sciences

MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY
Ashish Gakkhar