Drug Safety Physician

Headquartered near Basel, Switzerland – a European biotech hub – Idorsia has a highly experienced team of dedicated professionals, covering all disciplines from bench to bedside; QUVIVIQ™ (daridorexant), a different kind of insomnia treatment with the potential to revolutionize this mounting public health concern; strong partners to maximize the value of our portfolio; a promising in-house development pipeline; and a specialized drug discovery engine focused on small-molecule drugs that can change the treatment paradigm for many patients. Idorsia is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ticker symbol: IDIA).

We are looking for a curious and talented physician eager to expand their expertise in drug safety. This role offers a unique opportunity to deepen your knowledge in pharmacovigilance while contributing to patient safety in a dynamic and collaborative environment. For skilled and motivated profiles, the position provides excellent opportunities for professional growth.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Doctor of Medicine degree with at least 5 years’ experience in global drug safety in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry
• Full understanding of post-marketing adverse experience reporting systems, experience in product safety monitoring and preparation of post-marketing regulatory safety reports/documents
• Excellent medical writing and presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills
• Excellent organizational and planning capabilities and ability to meet timelines

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

• Accountable for all aspects of safety related primarily to assigned marketed products
• Acts as responsible DSP assigned to projects in early development
• Leads the cross-functional Safety Management Team (SMT) for assigned products; responsible for the integration, analysis, and interpretation of safety information from all sources, including preclinical throughout life cycle product management.
• Coordinates and ensures good quality presentation by the SMT at Idorsia Drug Safety Committee (DSC), with an accurate review of the safety profile of the product including presentation of implemented safety measures and SMT recommendations
• Responsible for overall signal detection, monitoring, evaluation, interpretation and appropriate management of safety information
• Responsible for the preparation of aggregated periodic safety reports (DSUR, PSUR/PBRER), Reference Safety Information (RSI) section of the Investigator Brochure (IB) and contributes to other key regulatory key safety documents such as RMP
• Responsible for medical review of adverse event reports received from all sources for assigned projects/products to ensure proper coding, seriousness, expectedness and causality assessment and request medically relevant follow up information for proper documentation and evaluation of the cases
• Responsible for responses on safety inquiries from regulatory authorities
• Supports the management of regulatory Heath Authority inspections

What we offer

• Development – opportunities to grow, learn, and expand your expertise in a dynamic and international organization
• A collaborative culture – a supportive, solution-oriented environment where teamwork, initiative, and new ideas are encouraged
• International exposure – work in a truly multicultural setting with colleagues and partners from around the world

Work  Location: Allschwil

Country: Switzerland

Business Area: Global Drug Safety

Schedule: Fulltime

Job Type: Permanent

Job ID: 4714

At Idorsia, we harness the power of difference, authenticity, and inclusion to achieve business success.
We encourage all potential candidates with diverse backgrounds of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, and disability to submit their job applications. All applicants will receive consideration.
We are committed to fostering respect, fairness, and equal opportunities for all job applicants and our employees.

Please be informed that if you are selected for this position, your employment will be subject to a pre-employment background screening process, of which you would be informed in greater detail in due course.

Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd ("Idorsia") is committed to a fair and transparent application process. In order to avoid any conflict of interest in line with Idorsia Code of Business Conduct, which would undermine such a commitment, the applicants  must disclose any personal, financial, or other outside interests interfering with the interests of Idorsia. Further, the applicant is obliged to disclose any and all relationships with close or affiliated persons, who are employees of Idorsia or are collaborating with Idorsia in any other contractual relationship. 

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