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Ravikumar  P T

Ravikumar P T

Bangalore

Summary

Highly motivated and results-driven life science professional with over 9 years of diverse experience in medical writing, project management, and post-market surveillance and Automation for Medical writing. Adaptable and detail-oriented, passionate about pursuing a career focused on the emerging frontiers of life sciences. Goal is to solve new challenges and continuously nurture as a sagacious professional, aiming to make significant contributions in creating sustainable and reliable advanced healthcare for patients worldwide.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Lead

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Karnataka
05.2022 - Current
  • Authoring and Reviewing medical writing clinical evaluation report (CER), Post Market Surveillance (PMS) -PMS Plans, Periodic safety update report (PSUR), Post Market Clinical Follow-up (PMCF) Activities as per EU MDR guidelines.
  • Familiar with ISO 13485, ISO 14971, 21 CFR 820, IEC 60601
  • Authoring Standard Assessment Activity and Design verification summary report for medical devices.
  • Conducts strategic assessment (gap analyses) of information needs within the therapeutic area and develops fulfillment strategies (e.g., Publication/research planning, educational activities, attendance at key medical meetings and advisory boards, etc.).
  • Screen and summarize literature for relevant clinical data
  • Review literature to elucidate the clinical problems and current treatment techniques.
  • Experience in web technical writing, web usability (UX) practices, product documentation, or online publishing, preferably focusing on developer-centric content.
  • This includes researching and synthesizing pages of technical product documentation source materials and translating those into digestible content.
  • Working knowledge of HTML, Markdown, or DITA XML for the purposes of drafting and writing technical content within a technical CMS environment.
  • Writing within a style guide or following a set of standards for the writing, formatting, and designing of web-based documents.
  • Making Literature strategies, review, screening, appraisal, conclusion, and summarization of data.
  • Literature Search through Ovid database (consist of Embase and Medline).
  • Familiar with use of databases like PubMed, Ovid, Medical conference sites.
  • Study and report device characteristics and instructions for use and Evaluate data for similar competitor devices
  • Summarize post marketing surveillance and risk management data for the target device.
  • Collecting, harmonizing, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting medical science research findings in appropriate manner to support production of documents such as: Clinical and non-clinical documents/reports, regulatory documents/reports, scientific reports.
  • Clinical and non-clinical study documents, overviews and summaries of safety and efficacy, drug benefit-risk assessment reports, etc.
  • Well versed with usage of MedDRA (version 21.1) terminology, Literature search tools, ICH, GCP, FDA and EU guidelines for documentation.
  • Gap assessment, remediation of clinical evaluation report, writing clinical evaluation plan (CEP), clinical evaluation report (CER), PSUR for medical devices from MEDDEV rev 4 to MDR.
  • Clinical Evaluation Reports, Post Market Surveillance (PMSP, PSUR and PMCF Plan for Software Medical device (SAMD) as per MDCG 2020-1 Guidance on Clinical Evaluation (MDR) / Performance Evaluation (IVDR) of Medical Device Software.

Project Management activities:

  • Proposal Deck preparation
  • Project Kick of Deck preparation
  • SOW Preparation
  • Purchase order and Project Report creation
  • Resource Allocations, Resource attendance approvals, Leave approvals.
  • Vendor SOW review and updating according to Customer approved SOW.
  • Team Handling, assigning daily activities to team, Reviewing the team task assigned by customer
  • Teams’ Weekly status Report updating to Customer and query resolution.
  • Optimized resource utilization by accurately forecasting project needs and allocating resources accordingly throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Improved overall team performance by conducting regular performance evaluations and providing constructive feedback to facilitate professional growth.
  • Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
  • Ensured timely delivery of critical deliverables by closely monitoring progress against milestones and adjusting plans as necessary.
  • Developed comprehensive project plans that clearly outlined objectives, timelines, budgets, risks, and success metrics for all stakeholders.
  • Enhanced client satisfaction by consistently delivering high-quality projects within budget and on schedule.
  • Balanced multiple projects simultaneously, maintaining focus on priorities and deadlines.
  • Led cross-functional teams to streamline project delivery, ensuring alignment with client expectations.
  • Coordinated with stakeholders to define project scopes, aligning objectives with business goals.
  • Implemented technology solutions to automate repetitive tasks, boosting team productivity.
  • Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
  • Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
  • Recruited and oversaw personnel to achieve performance and quality targets.
  • Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress, and technical problems.

Senior Medical Writer

HCL Technologies Pvt Ltd
05.2019 - 05.2022
  • Medical writing clinical evaluation report (CER), PSUR, PMS Plans, PMS Report, PMCF Activities as per EU MDR guidelines - Karnataka, Bangalore, Primary and Secondary Authoring of Clinical Evaluation Reports, Post Market Surveillance, Post Market Clinical Follow-up Plans, Summary of Technical Documents, PSUR, PMSR, PMCF Report
  • Making Literature strategies, review, screening, appraisal, conclusion, and summarization of data
  • Literature Search through Ovid database (consist of Embase and Medline)
  • Familiar with use of databases like PubMed, Ovid, Medical conference sites
  • Collecting, harmonizing, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting medical science research findings in appropriate manner to support production of documents such as: Clinical and non-clinical documents/reports, regulatory documents/reports, scientific reports
  • Clinical and non-clinical study documents, overviews and summaries of safety and efficacy, drug benefit-risk assessment reports, etc
  • Clinical Evaluation Reports, Post Market Surveillance (PMSP, PSUR and PMCF Plan for Software Medical device (SAMD) as per MDCG 2020-1 Guidance on Clinical Evaluation (MDR) / Performance Evaluation (IVDR) of Medical Device Software.

Operation specialist

IQVIA Pvt Ltd
08.2015 - 04.2019
  • Triage - Initial receipt, database searches as necessary registry, Triage of incoming cases to determine seriousness for prioritization of daily workflow
  • Review, rank, verify, process and document: event terms; case classifications (validity, seriousness, and expectedness/listed/labelled); special scenarios; product complaint information; reportability with due date; and accuracy and consistency
  • Based on assessment of cases, process accordingly
  • Completion of literature searches as necessary
  • Case processing (Data Entry, Coding, Labelling and Narrative) - Spontaneous, literature, clinical trial Serious Cases including mail correspondence and review of mails and PVP consultation
  • Quality review – Review of cases for errors in processing and provide feedback through forms (new hire feedback form, triage feedback form and quality review feedback forms) in quality control tool
  • Mentoring/Lead - Trained the new hires (40+ New Associates) on all product specific conventions
  • Worked in various therapeutic teams OTC (over the counter drugs) and specific product teams
  • Clarification of unclear or illegible information from the local safety officer or call center and customer communication as per the project requirement
  • Review and make suggestions for system and procedure enhancements and participation in inspection and audits as required and participation in business continuity plan as required
  • Team Responsibilities:
  • Consolidating all the Quality data in the team and maintaining the tracker, resolving the issues
  • Conduct QRTT sessions to discuss the errors identified during the Quality review of cases
  • Assisted team for all the updates and helped in implementation process
  • Attended client calls for the subject and error discussion
  • Preparation of Minutes of meeting in daily huddles and circulating among the team
  • Training sessions for the new batches on product coding and event coding
  • Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Product Quality Complaints (PQC) and Narrative writing.

Clinical Pharmacist

M.S Ramaiah Hospitals
09.2012 - 07.2013
  • Worked to improve therapeutic care provided to patients by monitoring the patient daily
  • Participated in ward rounds along with physicians
  • Identified and reported adverse drug reactions
  • Monitored prescriptions and identified drug and dosing errors
  • Counselled patients on appropriate usage of medications as well as management of various diseases
  • Registrations:
  • Registered Pharmacist in Karnataka State Pharmacy Council

Education

Master of Science - Pharmaceutical Sciences

Sree Siddaganga College of Pharmacy
Tumkūr, India
06.2015

Bachelor of Science - Pharmacy

M S Ramaiah College of Pharmacy
Bengaluru, India
08.2012

High School Diploma -

Togri Veera Mallappa College of Pharmacy
Bellary, India
06.2012

Skills

  • Data Analysis
  • Project Management
  • Quality Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Complaint Management
  • Complaint Investigation
  • US FDA
  • ICH-GCP Guidelines
  • ISO 13485
  • EUMDR/MDCG Guidelines
  • Track Wise
  • Customer Response Letters
  • CEP/CER
  • PMSP/PSUR/PMSR
  • MS Word
  • Power BI
  • Basic SQL
  • Critical Thinking
  • Effective Listening
  • Collaborative mindset
  • Leadership skills
  • Project Planning
  • Project Coordination
  • Multi-tasking skills
  • Client communications
  • Risk management skills
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Report Writing
  • Mentoring
  • Stakeholder Relations

Accomplishments

  • Medical Device Regulation 2017/745 EU regulatory Affairs
  • Technical Writing: How to write using DITA XML
  • Project Management Foundations Risk
  • Medical Device - Product Risk Management
  • European Medical Devices- EU Regulatory Pathway
  • Robotic process Automation (Automation Anywhere and Blue Prism)
  • Benefit-Risk analysis and conclusion sections walkthrough
  • Certified Data scientist from Datamites.
  • Completed 3 Months of internship for Data Science Projects in Rubixe

Languages

  • English (Professional)
  • Hindi (Professional)
  • Kannada (Professional)
  • Timeline

    Project Lead

    Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Karnataka
    05.2022 - Current

    Senior Medical Writer

    HCL Technologies Pvt Ltd
    05.2019 - 05.2022

    Operation specialist

    IQVIA Pvt Ltd
    08.2015 - 04.2019

    Clinical Pharmacist

    M.S Ramaiah Hospitals
    09.2012 - 07.2013

    Master of Science - Pharmaceutical Sciences

    Sree Siddaganga College of Pharmacy

    Bachelor of Science - Pharmacy

    M S Ramaiah College of Pharmacy

    High School Diploma -

    Togri Veera Mallappa College of Pharmacy
    Ravikumar P T