Aaron Cordova

Experience

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  Mercury Drug Corp.

  Apr 2014 - May 2014

  Community Pharmacy Intern

  Responsibilities: Assisting in drug dispensing, extemporaneous compounding, maintaining controlled substances records, inventory control, packaging and labeling of drug products, compiling prescriptions, and participating in drug counseling under the supervision of a pharmacist.

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  University of Santo Tomas Hospital

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

  Hospital Pharmacy Intern

  Responsibilities: Preparing and reviewing medications for Unit Dose Drug Delivery System, extemporaneous compounding of aseptic preparations, assisting in ambulatory patient prescription dispensing, drug calculations and checking doses, labeling of drug products, and inventory control.

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  University of Santo Tomas Hospital

  Dec 2015 - Oct 2016

  Hospital Pharmacy Intern (Major Internship)

  Responsibilities: Preparing and reviewing medications for Unit Dose Drug Delivery System, extemporaneous compounding of aseptic preparations, assisting in ambulatory patient prescription dispensing, drug calculations and checking doses, labeling of drug products, and inventory control.

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  Pascual Laboratories, Inc.

  Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

  Industrial Pharmacy Intern

  Responsibilities: Assisting production pharmacist in managing manufacturing processes of pharmaceutical tablets, assisting in packaging of medications, performing assays, drug sampling, determining moisture content of drug samples, testing water for carbon content, checking inventory of drugs in the warehouse department, performing thin-layer chromatography, preparing agar for microbiological testing of drugs, performing identification tests, conducting tests for stability of drugs, and archiving samples of drugs to be used for future testing. Show less

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  De Los Santos Medical Center

  Feb 2018 - May 2018

  Clinical Pharmacy Clerk

  Responsibilities: Medication reconcilation, pharmacotherapeutic intervention, adverse drug reaction monitoring, checking for drug-drug interactions, and computing of doses.

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  University of Santo Tomas Hospital

  Nov 2018 - Sept 2022

  Key Accomplishments: ◦ Reduced the monthly stock on hand inventory by half (Php 40 million to 20 million) resulting to faster turnover of stocks and lower liabilities for non-moving and expiring stocks ◦ Exceeded quality management targets:KRA 1.1 (Timely and accurate issuance of supplies) - Performance of 93.70% versus 80% targetKRA 1.2 (Immediate availability of supplies for issuance) - Performance of 80% versus 50% target.- Solely responsible for the monitoring, purchase requisitioning, receiving, and issuance of drug supplies to the pharmacy and other hospital departments (ER, ICU, Cancer Institute, Dialysis Center etc.).- Handled more than 1200 monthly rotating SKU's catering to in-patients of the largest private tertiary hospital in the Philippines based on bed capacity (852 beds), out-patients of the clinic, and drugs for the mandatory benefit and privilege of students, and employees of the hospital and university- Monitored expiring stocks, prepared debit memos, and negotiated trade returns to different pharmaceutical companies- Prepared daily receiving reports of delivery of drugs, compiled sales invoices for payables, and encoded daily requisition and issuance slips- Conducted monthly physical inventory counts with accountants in compliance with the accounting and auditing department requirements Show less ◦ Successfully trained and mentored 10-20 hospital pharmacy interns every 3 months pursuing the mission of the institution in being a premier training hospital - Responsible for reviewing prescription and counseling patients in addition to dispensing, compounding, labeling, and preparing drugs to out-patients and in-patients through unit dose drug delivery system- Prepared TPN, IV admixtures, anti-neoplastic preparations by aseptically following SOPs, and extemporaneously compounded galenicals. Show less

  • Warehouse Pharmacist / Supply Chain Management and Purchasing (Supplies Inventory Management Unit)

    Jun 2019 - Sept 2022

  • Staff Pharmacist

    Nov 2018 - Jun 2019
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  Pfizer

  Aug 2022 - Aug 2023

  Clinical Research Sourcing Strategist / Clinical Supply Sourcing Specialist

  - Functioned as a Clinical Research Sourcing Strategist under the Innovative Strategic Sourcing group (Global Clinical Supply) that managed the procurement of comparators and commercial products for Pfizer-sponsored clinical trials across multiple protocols and therapeutic areas.- Provided comparator strategic sourcing with expertise on global clinical supply requirements, regional legislations, and clinical trial product forecast across the global supply organization and clinical study teams.- Oversight and management of distribution of clinical supplies from external vendors and internal Pfizer locations for Global Programs ensuring delivery of supplies to meet patient and study needs- Ensuring compliance with all legal requirements (e.g. Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Good Distribution Practices (GDP), Good Clinical Practices (GCP), and Environment Health and Safety (EHS), import/export, Quality Standards, 21 CFR Part 11)) by fostering and maintaining a culture committed to quality. Leading quality investigations into deviations at external vendor locations. - Development and analysis of metrics to monitor operational performance and consistency against stated goals for logistics responsibilities.- Provide guidance, lead/co-lead projects, manage own time to meet objectives, and plan resource requirements for projects across the division.- Support global, cross-functional continuous improvement strategies to improve productivity and exceed customer satisfaction.- Oversee the deployment of controlled temperature shipping technologies to support business and operational unit requirements.- Support decision making on country feasibility and study strategy in advance of study starts.- Analyze and compare information from multiple sources and identify cause and effect relationships supporting Corrective Action / Preventative Action investigations.- Lead meetings to resolve logistics incidents and ad-hoc inquiries Show less

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  Safeway

  Jan 2024 - Aug 2024

  Pharmacy Assistant

  - Assists pharmacists in two-high volume retail pharmacies while pursuing the PEBC (Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada) entry-to-practice pharmacist qualification.

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  Shoppers Drug Mart

  Aug 2024 - now

  • Clinical Pharmacist

    Jan 2025 - now

  • Pharmacist (Provisional)

    Aug 2024 - Dec 2024