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Entrepreneurial Spirit, Rooted in Tradition. At Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development America (MTDA), we can tout a storied reputation more than 300 years in the making. Our parent company, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC), is a research-driven pharmaceutical company with global reach - and one of Japan's oldest and most respected companies.

Relatively new to the U.S. market, the innovative compounds of the Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Group have already enjoyed commercial success under the brand labels of our U.S. partners. In this next phase of development, we plan to bring exciting new compounds to market under our own MT Pharma America label. We're currently building a new commercial organization and expanding our other functions to support this strategy.

Develop initial or update safety signal detection and management documents for global developmental and marketed products to support and enhance appropriate signal detection activities and robust safety evaluation

Review and/or develop relevant epidemiology sections and/or papers for relevant conferences and/or
peer-reviewed journals as assigned

Develop or support development of instruments for epidemiological assessment strategies and safety surveillance in coordination with Biostatistics

Participate in plan/design, execute or contribute to development of observational studies and interventional studies for assigned global developmental and marketed products

Develop epidemiological assessment and safety surveillance plan for assigned projects or studies

Review epidemiology data in supporting the development of risk management plan/risk evaluation
and mitigation strategies (REMS) and other safety related documents

Contribute to the design, implementation, and management of safety studies and clinical trials

Search and review epidemiological data and safety literature in supporting development of Ad hoc or regular safety submissions

Accountable for epidemiology sections of investigator's brochures, risk management plans, aggregate safety reports (DSUR and PSUR), and responses to health agency's inquiries for global development and post-marketing products

Perform safety data evaluation and risk assessment for assigned drug products

Provide or contribute to the materials used for Safety meetings including but not limited to the Clinical Safety Team, Data Monitoring Committee, Global Safety Data Monitoring Committee, Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB)

Contribute epidemiology input to GST Working Group meetings, Signal Detection meetings and other Global Drug Safety and Evaluation Center (GDSEC) meetings as assigned

Performs other departmental duties as assigned

Education:
Graduate degree (PhD, MD, MS, MPH) in a relevant field is required:

Doctoral degree with at least 2 years of industry experience, academia, and/or regulatory agency

Master's degree with 6+ years of experience in a national/local public health agency, regulatory agency, biopharma, and/or the medical device industry (including at least 1 to 2 years of biopharma or
medical device industry experience)

Professional Experience:
Experience and training in public health, pharmacy, health services research, health outcomes research, epidemiology, biostatistics or other relevant fields

Familiarity and experience with the development and implementation of epidemiology research strategies

Expertise in Biostatistics, Epidemiology/ secondary database analyses (e.g., claims, national survey data, etc.), Psychometrics

Demonstrated experience as a member of a product or project team

Experience in scientific writing of peer-reviewed, academic and/or public health literature

Familiarity with Drug Development and Phase 1-4 clinical trials

Knowledge and Skills:
Strong understanding of research methodology and statistics, as well as strong technical writing, and strong ability to critically review published scientific literature

Strong verbal and written communication, presentation skills, including experience

Critical thinking and problem-solving skills, ability to set priorities and develop strategies/studies to answer complex research questions

Experience managing multiple projects, often complex in nature and with both internal and external stakeholders under short timelines

Ability to analyze and interpret safety data

Good understanding of advanced design and analysis techniques used in the analysis of secondary data (e.g., matching, multivariate regression, meta-analysis, etc.)

Ability to conceptualize the presentation of results (e.g., develop layout of tables and figures for inclusion in analysis plans)

Working knowledge of 2 or more secondary database types (e.g., claims, surveys, electronic medical records)

Working knowledge/ability to use standard statistical packages (i.e. SAS, STATA, etc)

Ability to contribute to written processes to ensure consistent and quality deliverables

Our Value Proposition:

Enjoy the fast-moving, entrepreneurial spirit more typically found in a small biotech, complemented by the benefits of a global pharmaceutical/chemical conglomerate. At this time, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development America offers our employees unparalleled opportunities for career success coupled with a supportive level of employee benefits: