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Pharmacovigilance & Drug Safety Essentials

Build practical drug-safety skills from ICSR intake and MedDRA coding to signals, risk management, aggregate safety and inspection readiness.

  • 8 modules
  • 100% online · Recorded lessons
  • English
  • innoryx
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What you'll learn

  • Explain the role of pharmacovigilance across the medicine lifecycle
  • Differentiate AE, ADR, seriousness, severity, expectedness and causality
  • Recognize the minimum criteria and major sources of a valid ICSR
  • Describe and apply the complete ICSR processing workflow
  • Prepare better case narratives and identify appropriate follow-up information
  • Explain duplicate management and the role of MedDRA coding
  • Understand Day 0, reportability, E2B(R3) and electronic safety submission concepts
  • Explain pharmacovigilance systems, QPPV, PSMF, safety agreements and reconciliation
  • Recognize potential safety signals and explain validation, prioritisation and assessment
  • Differentiate DSUR and PSUR/PBRER and explain aggregate safety evaluation
  • Explain risk management, PASS, pharmacoepidemiology and real-world evidence
  • Recognize special safety situations and apply PV quality and inspection-readiness principles

About this course

Build practical pharmacovigilance and drug-safety capability across the medicine lifecycle. Learn how safety information is collected, validated, processed and coded; how ICSRs are assessed, followed up and submitted; how pharmacovigilance systems, QPPV oversight, PSMF, safety agreements and quality controls operate; and how signals, aggregate safety, risk management, PASS and real-world evidence support benefit-risk decisions. Designed for learners and early-career professionals seeking job-relevant foundations across pharmaceutical, biotechnology, CRO, clinical research, regulatory and drug-safety environments.

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Who this is for

  • Life-sciences students
  • Pharmacy and pharmaceutical-science learners
  • Clinical research professionals
  • Drug-safety and pharmacovigilance beginners
  • Regulatory affairs professionals
  • CRO staff
  • Biotechnology professionals
  • Healthcare professionals
  • Quality and compliance professionals seeking PV exposure

Prerequisites

No formal prerequisites. Basic familiarity with medicines, healthcare, clinical research or life sciences is helpful but not required.

Assessment

Six interactive activities, three knowledge-check quizzes and one branching drug-safety scenario support practical learning. The Final Assessment contains 40 questions with a strong scenario and application focus. Final Assessment pass mark: 70%. Unlimited attempts for SkillCert learners. The certificate is unlocked only after the Final Assessment is passed.

Certificate

On successful completion of the Final Assessment, learners receive the Innoryx SkillCert certificate for Pharmacovigilance & Drug Safety Essentials. Skills covered include ICSR Processing, MedDRA, Drug Safety Reporting, Signal Detection, Aggregate Safety, Risk Management, PV Systems and Inspection Readiness. This course is professional education and does not replace employer-specific training, regulatory authority requirements, medical judgment, or role-specific authorization.

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Career relevance

Relevant to entry and early-career pathways such as Drug Safety Associate, Pharmacovigilance Associate, Safety Case Processor, Safety Specialist, Clinical Safety Support, Regulatory Safety Support, Medical Information Support and quality/compliance roles interacting with pharmacovigilance. The course builds practical foundations but does not by itself confer regulatory authorization or a protected professional title.

Frequently asked questions

Refund eligibility for course fees, books and third-party registrations is explained in our Refund & Cancellation Policy. Please review it before enrolling, including the Highfield and awarding-body terms where applicable.

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    Enrol online

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  3. 3

    Get certified

    Complete the assessment to earn your certificate.

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