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R&D - PSPV - Associate PV Director - SH
Shanghai, China
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Bring your curiosity to a team where deep immunoscience meets cutting-edge innovation. Across oncology, rare diseases, neurology, and vaccines, you’ll work at the intersection of lab science and AI-powered discovery — all while collaborating across boundaries to turn breakthrough ideas into real-world impact. Whether you want to deepen your scientific expertise or grow as a leader, you’ll find the opportunity here.
1. Be responsible for safety risk management related to specify therapeutic areas (I & I) for product under development and marketed in CHINA
Setting safety strategy of related TA products, i.e.
Provide and accumulate TA-specific PV expertise, contribute PV expert to support new launch.
Provide safety input to studies by reviewing study outline, protocol and CSR, etc.
As medical reviewer for safety submission documents to health authority
q Develop and communicate monthly safety review report
Give PV input in due diligence for business development purpose
Help GSO to understand local regulation requirements.
Validate Chinese translation of EU RMP, DSUR, CSR, CCDS, Risk control plan, etc. for CTA and CTW/NDA.
Support to prepare slides and other submission dossier during CTA
Work out China risk management plan to specific products, and lead the cross-functional team to implement, manage the product safety risks in China market.
Serve as contact person, provide valuable inputs to partners from safety perspective (e.g. safety management plan) to support pipeline development and clinical study implementation.
Implement and assessment as well as risk management to optimize benefit/risk profile of related products
Continuous and efficient evaluation of available safety information at local level
Drive proactive implementation of risk management in accordance with regulation requirement
Support CSH on signal detection in responsible TA and communicate the potential safety signal with GPV
Write local Periodic Safety Report if applicable.
Management of safety related queries from external and internal stakeholders
Give PV input for regulatory related activities, e.g. labeling, license renewal, new application
Support CSH to response safety queries from HA, HCP and other external customers
Involved in various projects as PV expertise for responsible TA or products
Provide input on cross-functional ad-hoc teams set up to address urgent and important safety issues
2. Be responsible for business Development Project Management
Lead pharmacovigilance workstream for China only business development initiatives including in-licensing, out-licensing, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships
Coordinate comprehensive PV due diligence assessments for potential products, evaluating safety profiles, regulatory compliance status, and resource requirements as DD coordinator.
Contribute and negotiate pharmacovigilance agreements (PVAs) and safety data exchange agreements (SDEAs) with business partners
Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure smooth transition of safety responsibilities and data during business transactions
Establish and maintain relationships with PV counterparts at partner organizations
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- Expand your horizons. Grow through curiosity, with support to move, learn, and lead in a culture that champions mentorship, mobility, and bold development.
- Accelerate results with technology. Harness the power of AI and automation to push scientific boundaries and reimagine what's possible in drug discovery.
- Impact through inclusive innovation. Help deliver better science and fairer outcomes by driving inclusive research that reaches more people, in more meaningful ways.
- Turn patient needs into breakthrough science. Drive scientific breakthroughs that start with patient needs – and end in treatments that change lives.
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