Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Job description

At Abbott, we're committed to helping people live their best possible life through the power of health. For more than 125 years, we've brought new products and technologies to the world -- in nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices and branded generic pharmaceuticals -- that create more possibilities for more people at all stages of life. Today, 99,000 of us are working to help people live not just longer, but better, in the more than 150 countries we serve.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

This position at ADC is focused on new product registrations and existing products maintenance (FreeStyle Libre product family) from a global perspective, but primarily for USA. Also working with commercial on advertising & promotional review.

Position Summary

As an individual contributor, the function of a Regulatory Affairs Specialist is to provide support for the regulatory department to ensure efficient and compliant business processes and environment. The individual may execute tasks and play a consultative role by partnering across business functions. The individual may assist in identifying data needed, obtaining these data and ensuring that they are effectively presented for the registration of products worldwide. The individual may prepare and submit documentation needed for registration worldwide or may oversee such preparation.

This is a broad scoped position with strong opportunity for growth and career development.

Qualifications

Preferred: at least three (3) years of regulatory affairs experience within medical devices, ideally with class III PMA products. Diagnostics and pharmaceuticals regulatory affairs experience is a possibility if the candidate has a strong background in ad promo.

Main Responsibilities

As an individual contributor, the function of a Regulatory Affairs Specialist is to provide support for the regulatory department to ensure efficient and compliant business processes and environment.

The individual may execute tasks and play a consultative role by partnering across business functions.

The individual may assist in identifying data needed, obtaining these data and ensuring that they are effectively presented for the registration of products worldwide.

The individual may prepare and submit documentation needed for registration worldwide or may oversee such preparation.

Assist in SOP development and review

Provide regulatory input to product lifecycle planning.

Continue to revisit and compare regulatory outcomes with initial product concepts to make recommendations on future actions.

Assist in the development of regional regulatory strategy and update strategy based upon regulatory changes.

Understand, investigate and evaluate regulatory history/background of class, disease/ therapeutic/diagnostic context in order to assess regulatory implications for approval.

Determine trade issues to anticipate regulatory obstacles.

Determine and communicate submission and approval requirements.

Participate in risk benefit analysis for regulatory compliance.

Assess the acceptability of quality, preclinical and clinical documentation for submission filing.

Compile, prepare, review and submit regulatory submission to authorities.

Monitor impact of changing regulations on submission strategies.

Monitor applications under regulatory review.

Monitor and submit applicable reports to regulatory authorities.

Evaluate proposed preclinical, clinical and manufacturing changes for regulatory filing strategies.

Negotiate and interact with regulatory authorities during the development and review process to ensure submission approval.

Maintain annual licenses, registrations, listings and patent information.

Assist compliance with product post marketing approval requirements.

Review and approve advertising and promotional items to ensure regulatory compliance.

Assess external communications relative to regulations.

Review regulatory aspects of contracts.

Assist with label development and review for compliance before release.

Submit and review change controls to determine the level of change and consequent submission requirements.

Analyze the input of cumulative product changes to current product submissions.

Contribute to the development and functioning of the crisis/ issue management program.

Ensure product safety issues and product associated events are reported to regulatory agencies.

Provide regulatory input for product recalls and recall communications

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