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DINESH RACHAGOLLA

Toronto,Canada

Summary

Detail oriented and experienced Pharmacovigilance professional with over 9 years of experience seeking a challenging role in Pharmacovigilance to leverage expertise in medical drug/device safety monitoring, regulatory compliance, and team leadership roles. Professional experience in safety reporting, regulatory submissions (Annual, Quarterly and Monthly), DSMB, audit, medical coding (MedDRA and WHODD), query and safety database management (Argus), team management, ICSR (Serious and Non-Serious) cases, Literature drug and device cases and mentoring new hires.

Overview

9
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

IQVIA RDS India Pvt Ltd

Operations Specialist Manager/Associate Safety Manager
08.2018 - 07.2024

Job overview

  • As a Study Manager and Study Lead, I manage client meetings and requirements, team tasks, KOM, and workflow management on a regular basis
  • Monthly SAE/DD listings, Compliance reports, Safety Reconciliation reports, Study workflow metric reports
  • Reviewed adverse event reports to ensure accuracy and completeness of data collected
  • Prepared periodic safety update reports and other documents related to regulatory submissions
  • Collaborated with medical directors, clinical research associates, and regulatory affairs personnel to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and guidelines
  • Provided technical support during internal audits or inspections by health authorities
  • Generated metrics to measure performance of pharmacovigilance processes within the organization
  • Created and maintained standard operating procedures for pharmacovigilance activities
  • Developed training materials on drug safety topics for internal use by employees
  • Researched emerging trends in pharmacovigilance practices and shared findings with colleagues
  • Maintained a database of adverse events received from various sources including spontaneous reporting systems
  • Argus Safety database, MedDRA and WHO-DD, Narrative writing, Client meeting and Minutes of meeting, DSMB Meetings, Medical Device and Drug case processing.
  • Collected, arranged, and input information into database system.
  • Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
  • Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.

Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd

Medical Services Analyst
11.2015 - 08.2018

Job overview

As a case intake member: I am responsible for case intake, duplicate checks, and registration

  • Maintaining source documentation and other communication
  • As a case processor: Responsible for data entry of individual case safety reports (literature cases) into the safety database
  • Review and evaluate AE case information to determine required action based on and following internal policies and procedure
  • Process all incoming cases to meet the timeline
  • Full data entry including medical coding and safety narrative
  • As a medical coder: Responsible for coding all medical history (events, procedure, suspected drugs from the article, indication, lab tests as per dictionary (MedDRA and WHO-DD)
  • As a narrative writer: I am responsible for writing medically relevant safety narratives of cases and checking the competence and accuracy of the data entered in various fields
  • As a quality check reviewer: Performing quality check of cases against the source document articles including the coding of events, coding of suspect, co-suspect, and concomitant medications
  • Case assignment and related activities
  • Handling site-related queries
  • I was involved in various refresher training programs to train new employees in non-Argus and drug-specific conventions.

Capita India Pvt Ltd

HEOR Trainee
03.2015 - 10.2015

Job overview

  • Handled projects on Systematic literature reviews (HIV, Hepatitis C, HIV and Diabetes Triple Therapy) and Social Network Analysis
  • Abstracts writing, Manuscript writing, Poster presentations at international conference, Journal clubs and discussions on new topics (like patient journey).

Education

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
Bangalore, Karnataka

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
09.2014

Skills

  • Effective communicator with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders
  • Leadership and mentoring capabilities, proven ability to manage teams and projects effectively
  • Project Management
  • Proficient in safety database systems (Argus, ARISg, etc) and adverse event reporting tools
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
  • Strong understanding of pharmacovigilance principles and regulations
  • Resource Planning and Scheduling
  • Quantitative skills
  • Cross-Functional Communication
  • Operations coordination
  • Operational Efficiency
  • Planning and coordination

Certificatesaffiliations

  • Pharmacy Council of India
  • Certified Pharmacovigilance Professional

References

  • Ildephonse Ngabonziza, Senior Manager, IQVIA, ildephonse.ngabonziza@iqvia.com
  • El Moutarajji El Alaoui, Cherifa, Safety Project Manager, IQVIA, cherifa.elalaoui@iqvia.com
  • Sandeep Gorkal, Senior Manager, IQVIA, sandeep.gorkal@iqvia.com
  • Jonathan Korrapolu, Drug Safety Associate, Cencora, A119401, Jonathan.korrapolu@cencora.com

Languages

English
Full Professional
Telugu
Native or Bilingual
Tamil
Full Professional
Hindi
Full Professional

Certification

Registered Pharmacist in India

Timeline

Operations Specialist Manager/Associate Safety Manager

IQVIA RDS India Pvt Ltd
08.2018 - 07.2024

Medical Services Analyst

Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
11.2015 - 08.2018

HEOR Trainee

Capita India Pvt Ltd
03.2015 - 10.2015

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
DINESH RACHAGOLLA