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| Possible Career Paths in Clinical Research Management & Pharmacovigilance |
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| Specialization in clinical research and pharmacovigilance opens up several career paths for students. Some of these are: |
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Broad Domain |
Role Involves |
Potential Starting Job |
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Clinical Operations/ Project Management |
Designing, implementing, and managing clinical trials |
CRA (Clinical Research Associate) |
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Quality Assurance |
Ensuring clinical trials are conducted ethically and accurately |
QA/QC Associate |
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Data Management |
Collecting, organizing, managing and analyzing clinical trials data |
Database Designer or Data Entry Operator |
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Regulatory Affairs |
Managing issues related to obtaining approval from drug authorities for conducting trials; for registration of drugs after completion of trails |
Regulatory Affairs Associate |
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Pharmacovigilance |
Ensuring patient safety |
Pharmacovigilance Associate/ Physician |
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Medical Writing |
Preparation of clinical study
documents and writing Clinical Study Reports |
Medical Writer |
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| Career Growth Opportunities in Clinical Research and Pharmacovigilance |
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The following represents the typical work place hierarchy.
Starting salaries for freshers are substantially a function of their educational background, varying from year to year as well as across organizations and domains.
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| Potential Employers for Clinical Research |
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| Following organisations hire specialists in clinical research and pharmacovigilance:
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Pharmaceutical Industry:
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| Abbot, Alkem, Astra Zeneca, Aristo, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cadila, Dabur, EllyLilly, Glaxo, J&J, Merck, Nicolas Piramal, Novartis, Novo Nordisc, Panacea, Pfizer, Ranbaxy, Sanofi Aventis, Serdia, Solvay, Sun, Wockardt, etc |
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| Clinical Research Organizations:
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| Quintiles, Covance, Accutest, Apothecaries, Clininvent, CliniRx, GVK Biosciences, i3 Research, igate, Neemans, Quest, Reliance, Siro Clin Pharm, Syncron Veeda, etc
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| Hospitals: |
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| Apollo, AIIMS, Asian Heart Institute, Bombay Hospital, Escorts, Fortis, Hinduja Hospital, Max, Tata Memorial Hospital, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital, etc
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| BPOs/KPOs: |
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Accenture, Cognizant, HCL, IBM, Infosys, TCS, Wipro, etc
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