Syneos Health has announced an opportunity for the position of Medical Scientist, with the supplied job information covering an India remote/pre-approved role as well as a Medical Scientist / Senior Medical Scientist talent opportunity associated with Hyderabad.

This is a strong opportunity for candidates with PharmD, PhD, MBBS/MD, DMD or relevant MSc/life sciences qualifications who have experience in clinical research, medical data review, clinical data review, drug development or related scientific functions.

Medical Scientists at Syneos Health work closely with Clinical Scientists, Medical Directors, Data Management, Clinical Operations, Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance teams. The work includes reviewing clinical trial data, identifying medical and safety issues, raising clinical data queries and supporting high-quality, audit-ready clinical study data.

Syneos Health Medical Scientist Job Overview

About the Medical Scientist Role

The Medical Scientist at Syneos Health supports the scientific and medical review of clinical trial data throughout study conduct.

The professional may review participant eligibility, medical history, diagnoses, prior treatments, adverse events, serious adverse events, concomitant medications, study-drug administration, laboratory results and other clinical study data.

The role requires close collaboration with Medical Directors, Clinical Scientists and other cross-functional clinical development teams to identify data inconsistencies, resolve queries and maintain clinical data quality.

Key Responsibilities

Major responsibilities associated with the Syneos Health Medical Scientist job include:

• Perform ongoing clinical and medical review of clinical trial participant data.
• Serve as a clinical data reviewer and identify potential data discrepancies according to applicable data review plans.
• Review patient eligibility, diagnoses, medical history and previous treatments.
• Review AE, SAE and AESI information and other safety-related clinical data.
• Review concomitant medications, investigational product administration, dose compliance and safety laboratory data.
• Generate clinical or medical data queries and review responses received from study sites.
• Close or re-query clinical data issues based on site responses and study requirements.
• Support Medical Directors with patient-profile and study-level scientific reviews.
• Identify clinical data risks, patterns and trends.
• Participate in medical data review and safety review activities.
• Support clinical data review before database locks, interim analyses and other important study milestones.
• Work toward audit-ready clinical data and compliance.
• Monitor data-entry performance and help identify root causes of recurring data-quality issues.
• Support review of protocol deviations where applicable.
• May perform QC review of patient narratives.
• Contribute to data-review meetings and presentation materials where required.

Medical Scientist Qualification

According to the supplied Syneos Health job information, relevant educational backgrounds include:

PharmD / PhD / MBBS / MD / DMD / MSc in Life Sciences or an equivalent relevant scientific qualification.

For the Hyderabad Medical Scientist/Sr Medical Scientist opportunity, the job information specifically highlights PhD, PharmD and MBBS, while the broader qualification requirements mention MSc, PharmD, PhD, DMD and MD or equivalent with relevant scientific experience/training.

Candidates should therefore check the specific vacancy before applying rather than assuming that every listed qualification is accepted for every Medical Scientist opening.

Experience Required

The Hyderabad opportunity specifies a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience.

Relevant backgrounds may include experience related to:

• Clinical data review
• Medical data review
• Clinical research
• Clinical trials
• Drug development
• Medical/scientific review
• Clinical data management
• Drug safety or pharmacovigilance-related collaboration

Equivalent experience and education may also be considered by the employer, according to the supplied job description.

Skills Required

Candidates should have strong capabilities in clinical and medical data analysis, together with an understanding of scientific principles.

Important competencies include knowledge of ICH-GCP guidelines, clinical trial protocols, medical terminology, data integrity and drug development.

Excellent written and verbal English communication, time management, interpersonal skills and the ability to work within cross-functional teams are important.

Candidates should also be comfortable using Microsoft Office, spreadsheets and presentation software.

Clinical Data Reviewed by Medical Scientists

Depending on the study and protocol, a Medical Scientist may review:

• Patient eligibility
• Diagnosis
• Medical history
• Previous treatments
• AE/SAE/AESI data
• Concomitant medications
• Investigational product administration
• Dose titration and compliance
• Safety laboratory results
• Efficacy assessments
• End-of-treatment information
• End-of-study information
• Survival data
• Medical coding
• Protocol deviations
• Patient narratives

This makes the position particularly relevant to experienced clinical research professionals interested in moving toward medical review and clinical development functions.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Medical Scientists may work closely with:

Medical Directors → Clinical Scientists → Clinical Operations → Data Management → Drug Safety/Pharmacovigilance → Project Management

This collaboration helps ensure clinical data integrity, participant safety and timely resolution of medical data issues throughout clinical study conduct.

Benefits of Working at Syneos Health

According to the supplied employer description, Syneos Health emphasizes:

• Career development and progression
• Technical training
• Therapeutic-area training
• Supportive line management
• Peer recognition
• Total rewards programs
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Exposure to global drug-development programs

The Medical Scientist position can provide significant exposure to the clinical and scientific aspects of drug development and clinical trial data review.

How to Apply

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