Drug Safety Jobs at Novartis
Looking for a Drug Safety Job where your expertise can directly support patient safety? Novartis Careers has an opening for a Medical Safety Lead in Hyderabad, offering experienced healthcare and life science professionals an opportunity to work across safety surveillance, signal detection, adverse-event assessment and risk management. Among specialized Medical Jobs India, this hybrid role also offers exposure to AI-enabled pharmacovigilance and global clinical development activities.
About Novartis:
Novartis Healthcare Private Limited is a global healthcare company based in India, dedicated to reimagining medicine to improve patient outcomes. The organization operates in the pharmaceutical sector, focusing on innovative solutions for various health challenges. With a commitment to research and development, Novartis aims to provide effective treatments and enhance the quality of life for patients worldwide.
Job Details:
- Job Title: Medical Safety Lead
- Location: Hyderabad, India
- Job Type: Full-time
- Employment Type: Regular
- Working Model: Hybrid (12 days/month in office)
- Division: Development
- Functional Area: Research & Development
Job Description:
This Drug Safety Job at Novartis is for a Medical Safety Lead within the Development division in Hyderabad. The selected candidate will contribute to drug surveillance, medical assessment of adverse events, signal detection and risk management throughout the product lifecycle. The role also involves regulatory safety documentation, aggregate safety reporting, cross-functional collaboration and the application of AI-enabled solutions to improve pharmacovigilance processes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Monitor clinical safety data, including literature, case reports, and signal detection activities.
- Drive the application of AI-enabled solutions to simplify and enhance pharmacovigilance processes.
- Conduct medical assessments of individual adverse event cases and ensure accurate evaluations.
- Identify, evaluate, and monitor safety signals using single-case and aggregate data.
- Contribute to responses for regulatory authorities and healthcare professional safety inquiries.
- Support the preparation of core safety documents, including clinical overviews and summary reports.
- Provide medical input to aggregate safety reports and regulatory submissions.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to integrate safety insights across global development teams.
- Guide adverse event coding, causality assessment, and interpretation of clinical safety data.
Eligibility Criteria for this Drug Safety Job:
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Candidates applying for this Drug Safety Job should meet the following requirements:
- Degree in Medicine
- A medical degree is required for responsibilities involving medical review of individual case safety reports
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- At least 3 years of drug-development experience within a pharmaceutical company
- Around 2 years of patient-safety experience in an operational or medical position is preferred
- Knowledge of clinical trial methodology and regulatory requirements
- Understanding of scientific methodology and statistical principles
- Experience contributing to safety reports and regulatory documentation
Skills Required for this Drug Safety Job:
- Drug Safety & Pharmacovigilance
- Safety Signal Detection & Evaluation
- Adverse Event Medical Assessment
- Risk Assessment & Risk Management
- Aggregate Safety Reporting
- Clinical Safety Data Interpretation
- Regulatory Safety Documentation
- AI-Enabled Pharmacovigilance & Cross-Functional Collaboration
