As a Pharmacovigilance Safety professional with over 6.4 years of successful experience as a challenging and quality determined professional with ability to use skills acquired during the current experiences to further expand my learning capacities and abilities to impart in the people management role. Critical thinker with a agile background for providing quality work with a compliant nature. Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions s a team player and also for good stake holder management and communication.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
6
6
Languages
Work History
Senior Drug Safety Associate
Novo Nordisk Service Centre India Private Ltd
Bengaluru, Karnataka
11.2019 - Current
Key responsibilities:
Perform initial evaluation of reported adverse events (serious and non-serious) from all sources.
Perform case entry and verification of reported non-serious and serious adverse events; enter the reported information in the Novo Nordisk safety database – Argus, on the basis of individual case histories, correspondence with affiliates/sites and other departments in headquarters (HQ) and various administrative assignments.
Ensure accurate and consistent coding of all events for serious and non-serious cases entered in the Argus with the use of (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities).
Evaluate causality, seriousness and listedness for all cases.
Ensure that case narrative comprises correct and appropriate safety information.
Ensure accurate and consistent coding of all events for serious and non-serious cases entered in the Argus with the use of (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities).
Evaluate causality, seriousness and listedness for all cases.
Additional Activities and Achievements:
As a Team player have imparted the basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel and assisted the colleagues in team and other colleagues in the department when in need
Handled buddy activity for some colleagues and guided them in all
aspects of work and proficiency.
Handled SOSPON Mailbox and maintained the timelines and a well established process environment and behavior with the stake holders and Affiliates.
Shared Ideas about the automation of Automation of the triage Scripts process to reduce the time consumed and also provided the idea for automation of Verification Forms with argus to impart more quality of data processed. Both the ideas have been considered for implementation
As a key member in the second phase of development of BOTArgus project i have applied my my knowledge and skills for further development of the new checks.
Involved in the development of Argus Optimize project and provided ideas and knowledge in development of the project
Reconciliation of the Deleted cases from post marketed teams and imparted the knowledge of good deletion comments which further decreased the number of cases being deleted due to Improper Triage .
Involved in SOP Review as core member in review of changes.
Involved as a team member of TGA PV Inspection and assisted in the activities requiring my role.
Was part of MHRA-GCP PV inspection and assisted in activities requiring my role.
As a part of the Feedback group conducted some activities along with the team to impart the Feedback culture among the employees and also shared knowledge on the development of the Digital Feedback process.
Presently handling the role of EDC super user
Drug Safety Associate II
Novo Nordisk Service Centre India Private Ltd
Bengaluru, Karnataka
03.2017 - 10.2019
Key responsibilities:
Perform initial evaluation of reported adverse events (serious and nonserious) from all sources.
Perform case entry and verification of reported non-serious and serious adverse events; enter the reported information in the Novo Nordisk safety database – Argus, on the basis of individual case histories, correspondence with affiliates/sites and other departments in headquarters (HQ) and various administrative assignments.
Ensure accurate and consistent coding of all events entered in the Argus with the use of (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities).
Evaluate causality, seriousness and listedness for all cases.
Ensure that case narrative comprises correct and appropriate safety information.
Assess the need for follow-up information and issue follow-up requests for all cases and post queries in EDC and/or to affiliate.
Maintain work within strict timelines
Achievements and additional activities:
Handled buddy activity for some colleagues and guided them in all
aspects of work and proficiency.
Involved in BOTArgus optimization project and i have provided inputs for new field checks and in updating of the existing checks. Received a good applause from the stake holders for the excellent work.
Involved in SOP Review as core member in review of changes.
Review of KPI reconciliation.
Keeping a vigil on maintaining timelines in case of action items.
Involved in case and database clean-up activities.
Safety Associate II
IQVIA
Bengaluru, Karnataka
05.2016 - 03.2017
Key Responsibilities:
Receive, triage, review and process data from various sources on time, within budget and meet quality standards.
Allocation of work to the colleagues.
Safety Data review involving Discrepancy Management using RAVE and INFORM platforms.
Performance of all patient data management tasks including Intake,
Triage, Case Processing, Discrepancy Management, Query Generation, Report and Listing Generation, data reconciliation.
Perform basic quality control procedures with guidance from Functional Manager.
Additional activities:
Preparation of Query Management reports on monthly basis.
Identify and report protocol deviations.
Safety Management Plan Review as per the deviations to support
safety.
SME (Subject Matter Expert) for several protocols
Worked in different clinical trial projects because of best quality
Simplification of quality control process.
Awards & Honors:
Leading performance recognition award by the manager
Safety Associate I
IQVIA
Bengaluru, Karnataka
03.2015 - 04.2016
Key Responsibilities:
Receive, triage, review and process data from various sources on time, within budget and meet quality standards.
Performance of all patient data management tasks including Intake,
Triage, Case Processing, Discrepancy Management, Query Generation, Report and Listing Generation, data reconciliation.
Awards & Honors:
Applause Award for Team Player from Manager
Education
10th Grade -
Florence High School
BENGALURU
06.2005 - 05.2006
12th Grade -
K.L.E PU College
Benagaluru
06.2006 - 05.2008
Bachelor of Engineering - Biotechnology
New Horizon College of Engineering
Bengaluru
06.2008 - 05.2012
Master of Technology - Pharmaceutical Technology
SASTRA University
Thanjavur
06.2013 - 06.2015
Skills
Training & Development
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Software
Microsoft tools with Mid Level Expertise in Excel
Argus
INFORM
BASE SAS
OC-RDC
RAVE
TransPerfect
E-CTMS
Certification
SAS 9.0
Academic Projects
Metformin Loaded Casein Micelles For Sustained Delivery: Formulation, Characterization And In-Vitro Evaluation (Published in Biomedical Pharmacology Journal, Vol. 8 No. 1)
Fungal Deinking Trials Of Notebook Papers (June 2011 - May 2012)
INTERNSHIP
Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited
Role: Production Trainee
Activities performed
Learn Production activities.
Execute production task for a batch of product.
Communicate with cross department to ensure the quality and regulations of the products in the Batch.
Extra Curricular Activities
NCC "C" certificate holder
State Championship in Martial Arts
Certified Martial Arts Trainer
Participation in various National level Symposims
Awards from various sports events.
PERSONAL INTERESTS
Music
Cooking
Sports
Martial Argus
Debating
Media Discussions
Scientific Learning
Timeline
Senior Drug Safety Associate
Novo Nordisk Service Centre India Private Ltd
11.2019 - Current
Drug Safety Associate II
Novo Nordisk Service Centre India Private Ltd
03.2017 - 10.2019
Safety Associate II
IQVIA
05.2016 - 03.2017
Safety Associate I
IQVIA
03.2015 - 04.2016
Master of Technology - Pharmaceutical Technology
SASTRA University
06.2013 - 06.2015
Bachelor of Engineering - Biotechnology
New Horizon College of Engineering
06.2008 - 05.2012
12th Grade -
K.L.E PU College
06.2006 - 05.2008
10th Grade -
Florence High School
06.2005 - 05.2006
SAS 9.0
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