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Awards
Industrial Training And Certification
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Ipsita Bhattacharjee

Ipsita Bhattacharjee

Kolkata

Summary

Detail-oriented Pharmacovigilance Specialist with 4 years of experience in post-marketing and clinical trial safety programs. Proficient in adverse event case processing, MedDRA coding, narrative writing, and ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, SOPs, and project-specific guidelines. Adept at maintaining high standards of quality and productivity while contributing to patient safety. Case assessment, MedDRA coding, SAE narrative writing. Current responsibilities include IVP, Book- In and data entry of serious adverse drug reaction (SADR) and non- serious adverse drug reaction (NSADR) in safety database. Also involved in coding relevant medical terminology and generating queries pertaining to the case.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Operation Specialist 1

argenX
01.2023 - Current
  • Conduct case intake and triage for incoming safety information from various sources.
  • Processed adverse event data by entering safety information into tracking systems.
  • Managed narrative writings for marketed products, coding adverse events effectively.
  • Assist in the listedness assessment against the appropriate label for marketed products
  • Assisted in generating queries and collecting missing or discrepant information.
  • Submission of expedited SAE reports to clients, regulatory authorities, ethics committees, investigators, 3rd party vendors, Partners as required within the agreed timelines.
  • Processed and submitted expedited and periodic reports to global regulatory agencies, ethics committees, investigators, and other recipients.
  • Assist in the reconciliation of databases, as applicable.
  • Operated within the Quality Management System framework, including Standard Operating Procedures and departmental Work Instructions.
  • Maintained supporting files and documentation for adverse event reporting requirements globally.
  • Facilitated proper storage and upload of various documentations including cases, studies, and projects.
  • Cultivated strong PSS relationships across functional units.
  • Ensured adherence to regulatory standards.
  • Completed necessary tasks beyond primary responsibilities.

Key Indications Managed:

  • Post-Marketing Study Programs: Myasthenia gravis, and Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.
  • Clinical Trial Programs: Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Bullous Pemphigoid, Sjögren's Syndrome, Membranous Nephropathy.

Operation Specialist 1

Samsung Bioepis
06.2021 - 11.2023
  • Key responsibilities: case assessment, MedDRA coding, SAE narrative writing, assessing causality, seriousness and expectedness/ listedness of adverse events in reference safety information, prioritizing based on timelines and quality reviewing of ICSR.
  • Processing of Safety data according to applicable regulations, guidelines, Standard Operating procedures (SOPs) and project requirements.
  • To perform Pharmacovigilance activities per project requirement including but not limited to, collecting and tracking incoming - Adverse Events(AE)/endpoint information.
  • Determining initial/update status of incoming events.
  • Coding AE and Products, writing narratives, related activities as per internal/ project timelines.
  • Ensuring to meet quality standards per project requirements.
  • Ensuring to meet productivity and delivery standards per project requirements.
  • Ensuring compliance to all project related processes and activities and required training are executed in a timely fashion.
  • Creating, maintaining and tracking cases as applicable to the project plan.
  • Identify quality problems, if any, and bring them to the attention of a senior team member.
  • Identify quality problems, if any, and bring them to the attention of a senior team member.
  • May liaise with client in relation to details on day-to-day case processing activities.
  • To mentor and peer review new team members when assigned by the Manager.
  • Attend project team meeting and provide feedback to operations manager on any challenges/issues or successes.
  • Perform other ad hoc activities such as case closure, query response and other as assigned.
  • Lead/Support department initiative.
  • 100% compliance towards all practice and process.

Key Indications Managed:

  • Post-Marketing Study Programs: Rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, metastatic cancer, ulcerative colitis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, uveitis, metastatic cancers.

Education

Master of Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology
Kolkata
01.2021

Bachelor of Pharmacy - Pharmacy

Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology
01.2019

Skills

  • Argus Database
  • ArisG Database
  • IVP Database
  • Adverse event processing
  • MedDRA coding
  • Pharmacovigilance activities
  • Data entry
  • Safety data management
  • Patient narrative writing
  • Cross-functional communication
  • Case assessment
  • Triage
  • Cross-functional communication
  • Case assessment
  • Triage
  • Peer-Review
  • MS office

Disclaimer

I, declare that above given information is correct up to my knowledge and I bear the responsibility for the correctness of the above-mentioned particulars.

Awards

  • Ovation Award, 2022, Awarded in 2022 and 2023 as per the IQVIA Impact Program for outstanding performance. Recognized as star performer with unit C1 quality score for Q1 2022 was 95% and C2 score above 92%
  • Spotlight Award, 2024, Awarded in 2024 as per the IQVIA Impact Program for outstanding performance.

Industrial Training And Certification

  • Jupiter Pharmaceuticals Limited, Manufacturing/Quality Control/Quality Assurance section, 01/01/18 - 01/06/18
  • Gluconate Health Limited, Tablet/Capsule/Oral Liquid/Quality Control department, 12/24/18 - 12/31/18

Timeline

Operation Specialist 1

argenX
01.2023 - Current

Operation Specialist 1

Samsung Bioepis
06.2021 - 11.2023

Master of Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology

Bachelor of Pharmacy - Pharmacy

Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology
Ipsita Bhattacharjee