Medical Director Pharmacovigilance
Founded in 2022, Apogee Therapeutics, Inc. (Ticker: APGE) is a well-funded, Nasdaq listed company that offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, highly dynamic environment. At Apogee, you can actively contribute to shaping the company culture, take on various roles and responsibilities, and grow professionally.
Apogee Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing novel biologics with potential for differentiated efficacy and dosing in the largest I&I markets, Apogee’s antibody programs are designed to overcome limitations of existing therapies by targeting well-established mechanisms of action and incorporating advanced antibody engineering to optimize half-life and other properties. Zumilokibart (APG777), the company’s most advanced program, is being initially developed for the treatment of atopic dermatitis (AD), which is the largest and one of the least penetrated I&I markets, as well as asthma. With four validated targets in its portfolio, Apogee is seeking to achieve best-in-class efficacy and dosing through monotherapies and combinations of its novel antibodies. Based on a broad pipeline and depth of leadership and expertise, the company believes it can deliver value and meaningful benefit to patients underserved by today’s standard of care.
We are a fast-paced company committed to building an exceptional culture, founded on our C.O.R.E. values: Caring, Original, Resilient and Egoless and a commitment to refusing to stop at “good enough”.
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Role Summary
We are seeking a Medical Director, Pharmacovigilance to join the Apogee Clinical Development team. In this newly created position, you will be responsible for safety aspects across Apogee’s pipeline. This role is critical in supporting regulatory approvals, patient safety, and long-term safety input into life-cycle management. Additionally, you will play a key role in supporting drug safety and pharmacovigilance activities to ensure high-quality data generation to support the safety and efficacy of our products in development.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify emerging safety signals and ensure appropriate escalation through internal safety governance pathways.
- Contribute to the development and execution of pharmacovigilance strategies for Apogee clinical programs across various stages of development.
- Maintain ongoing benefit–risk assessments incorporating disease severity, unmet medical need, and emerging clinical data.
- Collaborate with Regulatory Affairs to develop responses to any safety related regulatory agency inquiries.
- Ensure high-quality MedDRA coding, appropriate event characterization, and robust safety narratives.
- Lead preparation and review of DSURs, Investigator’s Brochures (IBs), safety sections of protocols, informed consent forms (ICFs), and clinical study reports.
- Provide safety input to regulatory submissions (INDs/CTAs), protocol amendments, and responses to health authority inquiries.
- Partner with Regulatory Affairs and Quality teams to address safety findings, deviations, and corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs).
- Collaborate closely with Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs, Biostatistics, Data Management, and Medical Writing.
- Support the development of the Integrated Summary of Safety (ISS), and the safety-related components of the New Drug Applications (NDA)/Biologics License Application (BLA), and Marketing Authorization Applications (MAA), in compliance with global regulatory standards.
- Review safety content of scientific publications such as posters, abstracts, and manuscripts.
Ideal Candidate
- MD degree is required
- Minimum 8 years of pharmacovigilance experience in the biopharmaceutical industry
- Strong expertise in global regulatory requirements (FDA, EMA, MHRA, PMDA, ICH)
- Exposure to biologics, medications for I&I conditions including dermatology and respiratory indications a plus
- Experience in late-stage development and submissions
- Alignment with Apogee C.O.R.E. (Caring, Original, Resilient and Egoless) values
- Position requires up to 20% travel including mandatory in person attendance at All Hands meetings typically held twice per year, team meetings, conferences, etc.
The anticipated salary range for candidates for this role will be $285,000 to $330,000. The final salary offered will depend on several factors, which may include, but is not limited to relevant years of experience, educational background, and geography.
- A great culture, grounded in our C.O.R.E. values: Caring, Original, Resilient and Egoless
- Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, highly dynamic environment where you help shape the culture and company, wear multiple hats, and learn quickly
- Market competitive compensation and benefits package, including base salary, performance bonus, equity grant opportunities, health, welfare & retirement benefits
- We provide competitive time off, including three weeks PTO, two one-week company-wide shutdowns a year and dedicated paid sick leave
- Commitment to growing you professionally and providing access to resources to further your development
- Apogee offers regular all team, in-person meetings to build relationships and problem solve
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