Drug Safety and Medical Information Associate
Company: Groupe pharmaceutique Duchesnay
- Location: Blainville, Canada
- Work mode: Hybrid
- Seniority: Mid level
- Employment type: Full-time
- Posted: 13 days ago
- Offer language: English
Job description
Duchesnay Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company with a strong and ongoing commitment to women's health and rare diseases. The company offers state-of-the-art facilities and a stimulating, safe work environment.
Duchesnay Pharmaceutical Group is proud to hold the CONCILIVI Seal, an official recognition of our efforts to support work-life balance for our employees.
Drug Safety and Medical Information Associate
In this role, the Associate supports pharmacovigilance, drug safety, and medical information activities by ensuring the accurate processing of received information, compliant documentation of activities, and the generation of reliable data for internal teams, partners, and regulatory authorities.
Hybrid work model: 1 day per week in the office
Key Responsibilities
- Process adverse event reports in accordance with internal procedures and federal regulations.
- Participate in the medical assessment of individual pharmacovigilance cases, including coding and follow-up strategy.
- Contribute to the medical evaluation of aggregate safety reports.
- Participate in signal management and risk mitigation strategies.
- Assess whether a foreign regulatory action presents a serious risk relevant to Canada.
- Conduct and document scientific literature reviews for safety surveillance activities.
- Respond to information requests from healthcare professionals, consumers, and company representatives.
- Process and document product complaints.
- Draft and review medical information response letters.
- Prepare training materials and content for new product launches.
- Contribute to medical content development and review promotional materials and websites.
Qualifications
- Healthcare professional preferred, or Bachelor's degree in Health Sciences.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in drug safety or pharmacovigilance within the pharmaceutical industry.
- Ability to work with computerized databases (Argus Safety and/or Scimax-MI considered an asset).
- Knowledge of MedDRA terminology.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Oral and written bilingualism (French and English)—due to interactions with national and international partners.
Competencies
- Strong technical and scientific skills in research and data interpretation.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- Strong analytical mindset with great attention to detail.
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Adaptability and flexibility.
We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those who are selected will be contacted.
