MHRA are looking for a Pharmacokinetics Assessor
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the
government agency which is responsible for ensuring that medicines and
medical devices work, and are acceptably safe.
Purpose of Role:
The Licensing Division is responsible for the quality, safety and
efficacy evaluation of all applications for medicinal products to be
authorised for the U.K. through national and E.U. Community procedures.
To reflect the importance of pharmacokinetic data in the evaluation of
clinical safety and efficacy and the increasing use of pharmacometrics
in drug development we have a new post for a pharmacokineticist in the
Division to integrate knowledge of pharmacokinetics into the assessment
of safety and efficacy.
Key Responsibilities:
Your scientific and professional expertise in pharmacokinetics will be
vital in this challenging role, as you will work alongside clinical
pharmacologists, clinicians and biostatisticians to evaluate the
efficacy and clinical safety of a range of products including the latest
new drugs, generic drugs and clinical trial products. You will provide
advice on pharmacokinetic issues to colleagues within the Division and
will review pharmacokinetic aspects of clinical trial data, preparing
reports and recommendations which are highly influential in bringing new
medicines to the market. You will need to interact with colleagues in
other European regulatory agencies, the European Medicines Agency and to
present your considerations to U.K. and European multi-disciplinary
advisory committees. You will also be involved in the development of new
regulatory guidelines and the provision of scientific advice on drug
development programmes.
If this position inspires you please visit our external website for a
full application form and job description to apply:
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Aboutus/Workingforus/Currentjobvacancies/CON14082
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