Role overview
The Pharmacovigilance Manager is a health professional who works in the pharmaceutical industry or health institutions. This profession can be found in both human and animal medicine. It is open to medically trained professionals, in this case pharmacists, doctors and veterinary surgeons. This post is reserved for experienced people: to qualify, you need to have been in charge of pharmacovigilance for several years.
The role of the Pharmacovigilance Manager is to ensure the safety of patients who use medicines or pharmaceutical laboratory products. To do this, they supervise the monitoring of the effects of a drug before and after it is marketed. It assesses the risks and draws up recommendations in accordance with the procedures in force. The aim of these instructions is to reduce risks and promote the appropriate use of the medicine.
The Pharmacovigilance Manager works as part of a team. In a private company, they may report to the Medical Director, the Research and Development department or the Quality department. The job may be at national, continental or international level, in a subsidiary or a parent company.
This profession covers various areas such as management, communication and technical knowledge. Higher medical studies are compulsory. As a technician and relationship manager, the Pharmacovigilance Manager must be able to respond to health professionals, health authorities and patients. As a manager, they must be able to handle any situation relating to the use of pharmaceutical products.