Job Description
As an Individual Case Medical Review (ICMR) Physician you apply your clinical expertise to ensure patient safety and highquality medical assessments. You work in close collaboration with global medical and safety experts contributing to informed safety and riskmanagement decisions.
What you will do
Under the guidance of experienced medical leaders you review and medically assess individual patient safety cases from a wide range of sources.
Your main responsibilities include:
Performing medical review of individual safety cases in line with established procedures
Assessing cases based on available safety data and known product safety profiles
Determining whether cases require expedited reporting to health authorities
Ensuring accurate highquality case documentation including medical assessments and causality evaluations
Supporting timely reporting by meeting global safety timelines
Collaborating with clinical safety and risk management colleagues on complex cases
Contributing to quality reviews training activities crossfunctional projects and process improvements within the team
What skills you will need
To be successful in this role you bring the following qualifications and skills:
Medical Doctor or equivalent nonUS degree in Medicine
At least one year of posttraining clinical experience with direct patient care (three years preferred)
A minimum of three years of relevant professional experience posttraining which may include clinical practice and/or pharmaceutical industry experience
Strong understanding of medical and scientific concepts
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Effective presentation skills and experience influencing and collaborating with stakeholders
Solid computer skills including use of databases and standard office applications
Strong analytical thinking problemsolving ability and sound clinical judgment
Preferred experience and skills
Ideally you bring some of the following experience:
Medical specialization or prior experience in drug safety pharmacovigilance or risk management
Experience with medical case review case management or related safety activities
Familiarity with drug development processes and/or regulatory or safety environments
Experience working with safety databases or related systems (e.g. Argus ARISG)
Experience collaborating in international crossfunctional teams
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Required Skills:
Accountability Accountability Adaptability Audit Process Evaluations Business Administration Case Writing Clinical Judgment Clinical Medicine Clinical Research Clinical Risk Management Clinical Sciences Clinical Trials Compliance Program Development Continuous Process Improvement Critical Thinking Data Analysis Decision Making Detail-Oriented Drug Safety Surveillance Ethical Compliance Healthcare Risk Management Innovation Machine Learning (ML) Medical Writing Pharmacovigilance 4 morePreferred Skills:
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04/5/2026*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFOREthe listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
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