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Career Paths in Pharmacovigilance
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Index Introduction of PV Two main Career Paths
Career Path of PV Professional Senior Job Profiles Role of PV Officer Roles of Experts in PV
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Introduction of Pharmacovigilance
Pharmacovigilance , also known as drug safety is a science relating to the collection , detection, monitoring and prevention of adverse effects from pharmaceuticals products. Pharmacovigilance services work once data is collected from reliable sources namely patients, healthcare providers and medical literature. The data is meticulously recorded, analyzed and processed because the informed opinions of pharmacovigilance officers will help pharmaceutical companies maximize product safety and performance, and cut down on adverse effect.
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Two main Career Paths in PV
Two career paths in PV that is mainly: Management Profiles Technical Profiles In the management career path, one could get job profiles such as drug safety officer, manager and director. In the technical route, one could get job profiles such as risk management, signal detection and epidemiology. There are pharmacoepidemiology roles such as pharmacovigilance scientists, risk management specialists and vigilance managers.
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Career Path of a PV Professional
PV professional can start their career as Drug Safety Associate or PV Officer. The role of these professionals is to report side-effects of pharmaceutical products into a database and later risk management teams evaluate these reports. Requires skills and experiences to identify reasons for these adverse reactions or side effects.
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Senior Job Profiles in PV Career
After gaining experience, professionals progress on to senior roles in drug safety. Their role is to identify and evaluate the health risks of pharmaceutical drugs. They also make recommendations to drug safety physicians on several actions. They suggest alterations in prescribed dose to patients. These professionals also supervise the case processing professionals and signal detection teams.
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Role of a PV Officer A senior pharmacovigilance officer such as a specialist or management roles requires extensive knowledge in areas, such as medical writing, medical affairs, auditing or quality assurance. Pharmacovigilance courses give them the in-depth knowledge of these areas. Apart from monitoring adverse reactions, they collect information of medical products and adverse event reports sourced from various studies. This information is later submitted to the regulatory authorities.
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Role of Experts in the PV Industry
The role of the experts in this field is to process the drug safety reports and review trial-related documents to ensure the drug safety profile of medicines. These professionals are responsible for medical case reviews and assessing product safety in clinical trials.
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