!*Pharmacoepidemiologist - Remote in the UK - Global pharmaceutical!*
Location: Fully remote in the UK
FTE: Full time
Start date: ASAP
Rate: Very good rate
Job Description
My client is a multinational pharmaceutical company formed from the merger of two companies. They focus on manufacturing, marketing, and importing/exporting pharmaceuticals on a global scale. Their business operations span across various therapeutic areas, including oncology, urology, immunology, nephrology, and neuroscience.
The Pharmacoepidemiologist, as a member of the PV Epidemiology function within the PV Division, will contribute to the knowledge of the safety of medicinal products across multiple therapeutic areas. This individual will partner with senior Pharmacoepidemiologists in identifying and summarizing safety-relevant information in the epidemiological/clinical literature and electronic health information databases.
The Pharmacoepidemiologist’s primary responsibilities include the review, interpretation, and summarization of safety-related information from published observational studies and clinical trials. Additional responsibilities may include collaborating with the Statistical and Real-World Data (RWD) Science group to generate insights on product safety from electronic health data, including health insurance claims and EHR data.
Specific responsibilities include:
* Conducting reviews of epidemiological and clinical trial literature and summarizing information on the incidence of safety-related medical events in target populations.
* Partnering with senior Pharmacoepidemiologists in designing literature search strategies.
* Collaborating with senior Pharmacoepidemiologists and the Statistical and RWD Science group in the development, evaluation, and use of dashboards/cohorts based on U.S. health insurance claims data to assess the incidence of safety-related medical events (no specific programming required).
Requirements:
* PhD or equivalent in epidemiology
* Exposure to a multi-disciplinary cross-functional teams in the pharmaceutical or life science industry
* Extensive experience conducting studies using the cohort study design and application of relevant analytic concepts, including time-to-event analysis and competing risks/events
* Familiarity with pharmacoepidemiological concepts for comparative analysis
* Experience analysing data from U.S. and ex-U.S. electronic health databases
If this role isn’t suitable for you, please let us know if you can refer anyone – any recommendations are much appreciated! Planet Pharma offers a competitive referral scheme so you will be rewarded for your help!
About Planet Pharma
Planet Pharma is an American parented Employment Business/Agency that provides global staffing services with its head-quarters in Chicago and our EMEA regional office located in Central London. We have invested significantly in creating a robust international platform that enables us to work compliantly in 30+ countries with a current network of 2500+ active contractors globally as well as a very strong permanent / direct hire recruitment offering.
Our specialist knowledge and close relationships with our clients and the wider industry really makes us unique in our field. Just recently we were recognized by FORBES as the 17th best professional staffing firm, and have won multiple awards from industry accredited bodies for our commitment to excellence and service delivery. We have extensive functional expertise including: Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, QA, QC, Submissions experts, Clinical development, Quality, Biostatistics, and Medical Affairs / Writing.
We are an equal opportunities Recruitment Business and Agency.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.