The Company
PharSafer® as a Company was formed in 2002 and has continued to grow and expand year on year since.
Our Headquarters are in the United Kingdom and we are a privately owned Company and as such have the freedom to invest in the Company, staff, equipment and premises.
The CEO of PharSafer® is Graeme Ladds who has over 20 years experience in the Pharma Industry and whose last position in industry before forming PharSafer® was as Head of Global Drug Safety for a multi-national Pharma Company and as EU Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance (EU QP PV).
Graeme has worked as both a Pharmacovigilance and Medical Information Manager previously, and over the many years of working in the field of Safety and Medical Services has written a modular book on Multi-National Pharmacovigilance (2006, 2010); written many articles on Pharmacovigilance in peer reviewed journals; currently serves as editor on a multi-national Pharmacovigilance Journal; is a regular speaker at conferences; and active member of many international associations which include the DIA (and active member of SIAC); TOPRA; and ISOP.
In 2005 Graeme also designed with a global safety database provider, a validated global medical information database that links directly to the safety database providing seemless transfer of ADRs as well as providing a multi-functional medical services database.
Graeme’s role within PharSafer® is operational and will continue to be very much as part of the day to day running of the Company with extensive client contact and with overall organizational control.
PharSafer® and Graeme Ladds have appeared in the Annual Who’s Who list of innovative Companies and Directors since 2007.
PharSafer® can act as your complete Pharmacovigilance and Medical Services Department/Organisation performing all of the activities expected of your own Pharmacovigilance and Medical Information in order to be compliant with the necessary legislation, to provide quality information to Healthcare professionals and patients and ensure that the Company achieves a high performance service at the point at which it needs it.
PharSafer® can not only be your complete outsourced service provider for these activities, but with our strategic partners can offer other areas of expertise to help the client achieve a good quality service from skilled professionals in various disciplines without the worry of searching around for anyone else.
The Company Ethos
Any person working in the area of patient welfare has the view of ensuring that they are doing the best for the patient to ensure their safety. PharSafer® has adopted this approach in all aspects of the work we conduct on behalf of our clients.
With this in mind the Company believes in the following:
Mission:
To ensure that by the standards, training and commitment of all staff, the Company will provide Quality Pharmacovigilance Services to our clients, with the aim of protecting patients wherever possible from any untoward adverse events and risks, thereby maximising patient benefits whilst reducing or minimising patient risk
To provide quality medical information services to ensure that accurate and up to date information is provided promptly to Healthcare professionals and patients to ensure client medicines are used properly to ensure maximum patient benefit
Vision:
To be a Quality focused Full Global Pharmacovigilance (Drug Safety) and Medical Service provider that provides Safety and Information solutions to our clients that are tailor made to their Company, products, legislation and Best Practices
Operating Principles:
Patient Safety First
Customer Focus – always
Building Trust, Building Relationships
Teamwork ensures we all pull together
Develop the individual, the team will benefit
Open Communication and Respect of the Individual
Mission Statements:
‘Excellence is not a word but a continuing process of development’
‘Knowledge is not power; its application to improve is’
‘Quality is the knowledge that excellence can be seen’
The People
All staff and contractors employed at PharSafer® have scientific; pharmacy, nursing or medical degrees and higher degrees. All staff receive thorough training in Pharmacovigilance when they join the Company and training is on-going. PharSafer® encourages learning by both in-house training; external courses; conference attendance; and Regulatory seminars.
PharSafer® also supports staff in obtaining formal higher qualifications in Pharmacovigilance and has staff engaged in Masters of Science (MSc) qualifications in Pharmacovigilance.
This approach is evidence of the CEO commitment to the Company Ethos and approach to ensuring the client always has access to highly skilled and trained individuals.