Medical Director, Patient Safety
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Vertex
📍 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Job Description
Job Description
General Summary:
The Patient Safety Medical Director will provide medical safety expertise for assigned products, pre- and post-approval. The role will optimize patient safety of Vertex products and maintenance of compliance with the Pharmacovigilance regulations of Regulatory Agencies around the globe through the effective and timely completion of Safety activities through the product life cycle.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides medical safety expertise, state of the art pharmacovigilance, and safety risk management for assigned products (marketed or in development)
- Responsible for the safety assessment activities of assigned products under the supervision of a Global Patient Safety (GPS) Disease-area Safety Head
- Autonomously monitors the benefit risk profile of assigned products/portfolio in an ongoing fashion and in accordance GPS processes and procedures