varsha gaikwad, PMP®

Operations Associate

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India8 yrs experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in Pharmacovigilance and Project Management.
  • Proven track record in regulatory compliance and quality assurance.
  • Strong mentoring skills leading to improved team productivity.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare Regulatory Affairs Specialist with strong project management capabilities.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementPharmacovigilanceRegulatory Affairs

Other Skills

Operations ManagementPharmaceuticsQuality checkLiterature screeningCo-ordinationAdverse events assessmentCase deletion activitiesMailbox monitoringReconciliationTeam managementTraining and mentoringMentoringPublishingRegulatory submissionsICSR processing

About

Blending Project Management expertise with Pharmacovigilance (PV) experience, I am passionate about delivering projects that make a real difference in patient safety. With hands-on experience in drug safety, case processing, and regulatory compliance, I understand the importance of accuracy and timelines. My project management skills allow me to streamline processes, improve efficiency, and ensure successful project delivery. I enjoy working with cross-functional teams, solving complex challenges, and bringing structure to fast-paced environments. Currently exploring opportunities in Project Management roles within healthcare, pharma, or related industries.

Experience

8 yrs
Total Experience
1 yr 10 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Accenture

2 roles

Assistant Manager

Jul 2024Jan 2025 · 6 mos

Operations ManagementProject Management

Drug Safety Scientist

Jul 2023Jun 2024 · 11 mos

Operations ManagementPharmaceuticsPharmacovigilance

Accenture solution pvt ltd, bangalore

Drug Safety Manager

Jul 2023Jan 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Performed Quality check of all the Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSR) into the safety database.
  • Performed literature screening and review from Pubmed, country specific journals and journals of company specific TA.
  • Co-ordinated with medical reviewers of potential safety issues and assisted them in monitoring safety profile of product appropriately.
  • Generated various line listing of Argus fields and tracked them for corrections.
  • Assessed adverse events for labelling (global including USPI labelling), seriousness, causality and expectedness whenever needed.
  • Performed case deletion activities.
  • Accessed the designated mailbox monitoring as per client procedure.
  • Assisted in reconciliation of mailbox activities (for various vendors) as needed.
  • Assisted in performing various listings related to ARGUS fields.
  • Assisted in taking daily feedback sessions and prepared MOM as and when required.
  • Assisted in team bonding and team management activities.
  • Participated in audits and inspections when required.
  • Trained and mentored new associates.
  • Tracked, monitored and assigned cases as per regulatory timeline.
  • Prepared and produced quality and quantity data of associates.
Quality checkLiterature screeningCo-ordinationAdverse events assessmentCase deletion activitiesMailbox monitoring+5

Qinecsa, mysore

Senior drug safety associate

May 2021Oct 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Performed data entry of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSR) into the safety database in timely manner
  • Reviewed and evaluated adverse events (AE) case information to determine required action following internal policies and procedures
  • Entered and coded, as applicable, case data, including, but not limited to event, seriousness, reported causality, medical history, drugs, procedures, indications, and laboratory data according to MedDRA, WHO-DD dictionaries
  • Followed up with sites regarding outstanding queries, reconciliation of discrepancies and departmental AE workflow procedures
  • Performed closure and deletion of case requests and any other drug safety related activities as assigned
  • Scheduled and attended daily quality feedback meetings and provided necessary fdbacks to new associates
  • Worked on distribution of cases to various authorities.

Iqvia

Operational Specialist 1

Mar 2019May 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Thane, Maharashtra, India · On-site

  • Assisted with reconciliation, case closure, translations, and ensured reports are sent within assigned deadlines
  • Mentored new associates and provided oversight on operational activities and sound understanding of project protocol, therapeutic indications, and scope of work (SOW) for assigned projects
  • Participated in team meetings and provided regular feedbacks to operations team manager and lifecycle safety management (LSM) on operational project metrics, out of scope work challenges/issues and successes
  • Worked with LSM constructively in a matrix framework to achieve project and customer deliverables
  • Scheduled weekly quality meetings and shared minutes of meeting with the team
  • Assisted manager in various ad-hoc activities such as providing team productivity, team quality and e-training compliance report.
  • The work profile includes hyper-linking, Bookmarking and publishing the regulatory reports using eCTDXPress, ISI Publisher and ISI Toolbox.
  • Processing of documents using eCTD Xpress, ISI Publisher, IMMS (Documentum), Lorenz, Viewpoint tools.
  • Perform Submission publishing activities for the different regions with applicable dossier formats. Support regulatory submissions publishing MRP, DCP, CP and National filing.
  • Handing submission in EU Market, variation (CP- Initial, Response and closing sequence) Marketing Authorization Application, DMF, Annual reports, Investigator updates, Ad-promotional materials (single, multiple child), CMC, Labelling supplement, DSUR (updates to cover labeling, stability and CMC changes) submissions.
  • Responsible for the building, publishing, reviewing, archiving and submitting the high-quality regulatory submissions to regulatory agencies within given timelines and in accordance with regulatory guidelines.
  • Ensure the use of appropriate document management, Publishing and Validation tools through use of working practices and quality control steps to ensure regulatory compliance.
ReconciliationMentoringPublishingRegulatory submissionsRegulatory Affairs

Tata consultancy services, mumbai, india

Drug Safety Associate

Apr 2016Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Achieved quarterly review performance of 100% productivity and 98% quality in ICSR processing
  • Verified the accuracy, completeness, and validity of +10 AE reports each day as per work instructions and coding manual
  • Ensured seriousness of safety reports in compliance with company core data sheet and Important Medical Event (IME) list to avoid regulatory noncompliance
  • Performed timely query responses on missing elements of safety records to ensure validation before archival in the safety database
  • Mentored (6) new associates in ICSR processing to help increase the team’s productivity by 25% in a month
  • Minimized late submissions of safety reports by 75% by performing root cause analysis and conducting training sessions
  • Reconciled interventional study reports every week to ensure consistency with the client database
  • Performed reconciliation and nullification of ICSR reports as per guidelines.
ICSR processingMentoringReconciliationPharmacovigilance

Education

Pillai college of Arts, Commerce and Sceince

Master's degree — Biotechnology

Jan 2011Jan 2015

I C L s Motilal Jhunjhunwala Arts Science and Commerce College

12th — Science

Jan 2009Jan 2010

Chembur highschool

University of Mumbai, India

Bachelor of Science — Biotechnology

University of Mumbai, India

Master of Science — Biotechnology

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