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Overview
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Certification
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Kiran Shivaji Bande

Pune

Summary

Dynamic Pharmacovigilance Associate with extensive experience at Pharmacovigilance department, proficient in ARGUS and MedDRA coding. Demonstrated excellence in quality review and causality assessment, ensuring compliance with ICH guidelines. A dedicated mentor with strong time management skills, I consistently enhance data accuracy and drive process improvements in safety reporting.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Pharmacovigilance Associate Level III

Apcer Life Science
Ahmedabad
08.2024 - Current

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Experienced in working on safety databases ARGUS and MedDRA.
  • Remarkable knowledge to monitor and track serious adverse events, serious and non-serious adverse drug reactions, causality, expectedness, and other medical-related project information.
  • Identification of the source of the source document, checking the validity of the case, and performing the duplicate search.
  • Coded all types of cases, including solicited, spontaneous cases, clinical trial cases, as well as special situation cases like missed dose, off-label use, drug misuse, drug abuse, overdose, and medication error.
  • Performing data entry, triage, which includes coding of medical history, historical drugs, laboratory data, concomitant medications, and discharge summaries of the patient.
  • Writing reasons for lateness and CAPA for late cases.
  • Actively provided medical and pharmacovigilance knowledge to the other part of system automation.

Quality Reviewer – Pharmacovigilance.

  • Conducting quality reviews of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
  • Reviewing serious and non-serious adverse event cases, ensuring proper assessment of causality, expectedness, and medical relevance.
  • Verifying the accuracy of data entry, including medical history, concomitant medications, laboratory data, and coding using MedDRA.
  • Identifying discrepancies, errors, and inconsistencies in case processing, and providing corrective feedback to case processors.
  • Ensuring adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), regulatory guidelines, and company-specific requirements.
  • Performing duplicate checks and validating source documents to confirm case legitimacy.
  • Reviewing and approving reasons for case delays, and assisting in the creation of Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) for compliance improvement.

Safety Science Coordinator I

Fortrea
Pune
10.2023 - 06.2024

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Experienced in working on the safety database, ARGUS.
  • Triaging and intake of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs).
  • Case Types Handled: Spontaneous, Post-Marketing Surveillance (PMS).
  • Booked-in/intake and triaged Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) in safety databases and automated tools.
  • Advanced the skills in medical terminology and MedDRA coding using the ARGUS safety database.
  • Doing self-quality reviews to ensure accuracy and consistency in data entry and reporting.
  • Redaction is being performed to ensure patient confidentiality.

Pharmacovigilance Scientist ICSR-I

Tata Consultancy Services
Pune
03.2022 - 09.2023

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Data entry of individual case safety reports into the ArisG database.
  • Handled various ICSR report types, including Spontaneous, NIP/MAP, NIS, CT, SUSAR, and Non-SUSAR, HA and special situation cases.
  • Full data entry, including narrative writing and distribution of own cases.
  • Prioritizes coding all medical history, indications, and lab tests according to the appropriate dictionary (MedDRA, Company Product Dictionary, WHO-DD).
  • Assuring and maintaining compliance with regulatory timelines, proactive workflow management.
  • Writing reasons for lateness and CAPA for late cases. Actively provided medical and pharmacovigilance knowledge to the other part of system automation.
  • Guidance and Training: Mentored and trained new team members on data entry, case processing, and compliance requirements in pharmacovigilance using ArisG.

Education

Bachelor of Pharmacy -

PDEA's Shakarrao Ursal College of Pharmacy
Pune
01.2021

HSC -

Shri Dhokeshwar Junior College
Takali Dhokeshwar
01.2017

SSC -

Shri Dhokeshwar Vidyalaya
Takali Dhokeshwar
01.2015

Skills

  • ARGUS database
  • ArisG database
  • MeDRA coding
  • Data entry accuracy
  • Quality review
  • Causality assessment
  • Labeling assessment
  • ICH guidelines
  • Narrative writing
  • Team mentoring
  • Time management abilities
  • Attentive and observant

Certification

  • Good Clinical Practice [ICH GCP]- National Drug Treatment Clinical Trials Network
  • Drug Regulatory Affairs [DRA]- Udemy
  • Introduction to Pharmacovigilance
  • Data Management for Clinical Research
  • Excel for Beginners

Declaration

I shall be glad to give you any further information, as desired, Thank you for your cordial consideration, and I look forward to hearing from you.

Timeline

Pharmacovigilance Associate Level III

Apcer Life Science
08.2024 - Current

Safety Science Coordinator I

Fortrea
10.2023 - 06.2024

Pharmacovigilance Scientist ICSR-I

Tata Consultancy Services
03.2022 - 09.2023

Bachelor of Pharmacy -

PDEA's Shakarrao Ursal College of Pharmacy

HSC -

Shri Dhokeshwar Junior College

SSC -

Shri Dhokeshwar Vidyalaya
Kiran Shivaji Bande