Purpose:
This position is accountable for executing the day-to-day operations and compliance activities by leading a team of PV operations to maintain high-functioning PV systems across assigned region remit. Reports directly to Japan PV Operational Lead.
Responsibilities:
Metrics and Oversight of the Pharmacovigilance System
- Supports the provision of metrics that will ensure oversight of all aspects of the performance and functioning of the PV system in compliance with local regulations and internal company timelines/standards.
ICSR Management
- Records, processes, and conducts follow up and translates adverse events and other safety information from spontaneous and solicited sources.
- Performs ICSR expedited reporting according to the local requirements.
- Ensures local-language medical or scientific literature review.
- Implements an appropriate local quality control (QC) procedure to ensure quality of information entered and report decisions.
- Completes AE reconciliation and ensures AE identification effectiveness sampling consistent with global procedures.
Periodic Safety Reporting
• Partner with Safety Science and any other relevant functions, leads the preparation of periodic
safety reports of assigned TA' products (J-DSUR, J-PSUR, Non-Serious Unexpected ADR Periodic
Safety Report and Re-examination dossier).
- • Ensures submission of periodic safety reports and ensures documentation of evidence. Audits and Inspections
- Actively assists in managing internal PV audits, audits of affiliate service providers/third parties and Regulatory Authority PV Inspections. Partnership with business partner with possibility for identification and/or handling of safety information
- Ensuring all PV requirements are in place for activities where there is a reasonable possibility for the identification and/or handling of safety information in accordance with AbbVie procedures and local requirements.
Risk Management (if applicable)
- Collaboration with Safety Science is essential for the following tasks. Do refer to the DOP and JPN GL 04, which are defined separately, for more details.
- Develops a deep knowledge of the Risk Management Plans (RMPs) to obtain information on the risk/benefit profile of products, for implementation of EPPV locally.
- Liaises with affiliate safety science and where applicable, during development or revision of the COUNTRY RMP (if applicable) Safety Monitoring
- For EPPV, understands and monitors incoming local safety data and communicate changes or potential concerns to the affiliate safety science, for evaluation. Launch Readiness
- Collaborate with Safety Science and along with Safety Control Manager to ensure the successful launch of new drugs/additional indications in Japan by executing a solid local strategy to ensure local regulatory compliance.
Affiliate Review Process for research
- Review the assigned TA and products Reg-PMOS protocols from a safety perspective.
Japan Remote (Country) Full-time