Alexander Send

Experience

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  University of Heidelberg

  Jul 2011 - Feb 2016

  Pharmacist and research associate

  Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology• Research to improve patient safety, medication safety, and provision of drug information• Published as first and co-author in scientific journals, healthcare professional journals, and books• Provided clinical advice, drug information, and drug safety assessments to healthcare professionals within a specialized clinical drug information service• Lead pharmacist in an industry sponsored phase 1 study – responsible for all documentation involving IND, organizing preparation of IND on-site• Prepared, conducted, and supervised monitoring of internal clinical trials – responsible for writing monitoring reports, reviewing on-site documentation, tracking recruitment and CRF completion• Maintained and updated clinical drug information system database• Collaborated on diverse projects within multidisciplinary teams• Trained and supervised research assistants• Educated, trained, and supervised undergraduate and master students• Wrote study protocols and prepared, conducted, analyzed, and published research studies• Responsible for preparing and writing standard operating procedures (SOPs) documents• Responsible for organizing further education meetings for healthcare professionals Show less

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  Stern Apotheke Heidelberg

  Aug 2011 - Jan 2016

  Pharmacist

  Part-time dispensing pharmacist• Patient consultation and education on proper drug administration and drug safety• Dispensing medications on a day-to-day basis as the responsible pharmacist

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  Weill Cornell Medicine

  Mar 2016 - Feb 2017

  Postdoctoral Fellow

  Department of Healthcare Policy & ResearchResearch to improve pediatric medication safety and provision of drug information• Scientific publications as first and co-author• Leading projects within multidisciplinary, international teams • Writing study protocols and preparing, conducting, analyzing, and publishing research studies• Training and supervising research assistants• Cooperating in studies to improve medication safety in pediatric patients

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  Teva Pharmaceuticals

  Mar 2017 - now

  • Processing drug safety cases from clinical trials in a safety database, including expedited safety reporting• Developing and maintaining expertise in the relevant therapeutic area and assigned products - Responsible for two out of three key company products in 2018• Leading, in collaboration with safety physicians, the management of patient safety throughout the products lifecycle (pre-clinical, clinical development, submission and post marketing, including due diligence)• Taking part in database search strategy discussions and improving data retrieval for safety assessment and evaluation; responsible for safety data retrieval for safety assessment and evaluation of assigned products• Contributing safety related input to documents related to Teva products• Organizing, preparing, and summarizing, in collaboration with safety physicians, activities related to the safety evaluation of the assigned products (e.g. safety governance meetings such as PSGs, CSB, safety advisory boards, among others)• Taking part in preparing and providing training to newcomers or others in different topics as required Show less

  • Associate Director, Team Leader in MSU, Global Patient Safety

    Sept 2021 - now

  • PhV Scientist

    Mar 2017 - Sept 2021