Drug Safety Programmer

Basel Area - Allschwil, BL, CH

About Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Idorsia Ltd is reaching out for more - We have more ideas, we see more opportunities and we want to help more patients.

In order to achieve this, we will develop Idorsia into one of Europe’s leading biopharmaceutical company, with a strong scientific core.

Headquartered in Switzerland - a European biotech hub - Idorsia is specialized in the discovery and development of small molecules, to transform the horizon of therapeutic options. Idorsia has a broad portfolio of innovative drugs in the pipeline, an experienced team, a fully-functional research center, and a strong balance sheet – the ideal constellation to bringing R&D efforts to business success.

Idorsia was listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ticker symbol: IDIA) in June 2017 and has over 600 highly qualified specialists dedicated to realizing our ambitious targets.

Job Responsibilities

The Drug Safety Programmer Expert is responsible for the retrieval and the presentation of drug safety data generated from the Idorsia Safety Business Intelligence Platform. S/he will also be integrated in a small team of business analyst, system experts and programmers with different backgrounds and contribute to innovative IT solutions supporting upcoming business challenges in Pharmacovigilance.

• Develop standard searches and ad hoc outputs within business Intelligence tool or based on SQL query for aggregated Periodic Safety reports, Health Authorities requests, compliance and case processing monitoring.


• Work closely with the Safety Reports leader and Drug Safety Physician for standardization and maintenance of search criteria and outputs.


• Contribute to in house system development projects (Business Intelligence solution: front end and back end parts) in Global Drug Safety/Clinical Development


• Management of the system release process, including system configuration, outputs generation, coordination of validation activities and execution of testing.


• Contribute to compliance in Computerized Systems Validation requirements, GxP & Pharmacovigilance standards


• Coordination and provision of end user trainings

 Candidate’s Requirements

An exciting opportunity for a young talent to develop her/his skills in the pharmaceutical industry in the area of Drug Safety

• University master degree in Computer science, Information systems, mathematics, life -sciences or related discipline


• Minimum of 3 years of experience in programming within a pharmaceutical company or clinical research organization ideally in drug safety area.


• Strong Knowledge of medical and pharmacovigilance terminologies e.g. MedDRA


• Knowledge in Pharmacovigilance business processes and computerized systems


• Strong technical knowledge in database technology, query and reporting tool


• Knowledge in quality insurance for regulated computerized systems


• Good Business intelligence knowledge (development of listings and metadata)


• Good analytical skills, able to understand problems and present solutions toward business partners


• Good communication and listening skills, team player and change oriented


• Good verbal and written skills in English

What Idorsia offers

• Exciting opportunities  for development and professional growth within our dynamic organization


• A collaborative and solution oriented environment where you can make a difference


• An innovative and open culture in a truly multicultural environment


• A competitive salary and generous social benefits

Work  Location: Allschwil

Country: Switzerland

Business Area: Global Clinical Development

Schedule: Fulltime

Job Type: Permanent

Job ID: 932

If you are interested, please click on apply now.

Please be informed that if you are selected for this position, your employment will be subject to a pre-employment background screening process, of which you would be informed in greater detail in due course.

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