Periodic Safety Reports and Literature Surveillance Fellowship

Fellows for the Wilkes University Pharmaceutical Industry Fellowship Program are selected on a nationally competitive basis.

• Applicants must have a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy before the beginning of the Fellowship.
• Candidates must have strong written and verbal communication skills and an interest in pursuing a career in the pharmaceutical industry.
• All candidates must have authorization to work in the United States throughout the duration of the two-year Fellowship. No visa sponsorship will be provided.

Please submit all application materials to PeriodicReportsFellowship@sanofi.com email link.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis from September 22nd through October 31st. Early submission is preferred. Late applications will not be considered. Sanofi will reach out to candidates to schedule virtual first-round interviews.

Applicants must include the following application materials:

• Letter of Intent (LOI)
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Two letters of recommendation (LOR) must be submitted directly by the letter writer to PeriodicReportsFellowship@sanofi.com email link no later than October 31st, 2025

Address your LOI & LOR to:

First and second round interviews for selected candidates will be conducted virtually in October/November 2025. Final interviews will be conducted in-person during ASHP Midyear in December

The choice of a Post-Doctoral Industry Fellowship is an important decision. AIFA exists to promote a consensus first offer date for all Fellowship positions. We believe this is a positive reflection of the cultures our Programs offer, and that culture is a critical consideration in choice of Fellowship. Wilkes University in conjunction with the Academic Industry Fellowship Alliance (AIFA), has agreed to extend offers for Fellowships no earlier than Dec. 12, 2025.

• The Fellow will develop expertise in various pharmacovigilance operational activities including Periodic Safety Report (PSR) planning, PSR coordination and Literature Surveillance.
• The Fellow will develop a strong understanding of worldwide regulatory requirements for PSRs and be able to guide product teams and stakeholders to ensure the Patient Safety & Pharmacovigilance (PSPV) department remains in regulatory compliance.
• The Fellow will lead and manage the cross-functional coordination of PSRs and work with worldwide affiliates for PSR planning activities.
• The Fellow will gain a strong understanding of how the global literature is surveilled for relevant safety information on Sanofi products including individual case safety reports and safety information impacting the benefit-risk profile of global products.
• The Fellow will have the opportunity to rotate across the various Sanofi Global Business Units within PSPV.
• The Fellow will have the opportunity to gain exposure to other functional areas based on individual interest.

To become a valuable member of the PSPV team through technical training and hands-on experiences in various PSR and Literature Surveillance areas ensuring PSPV is meeting worldwide regulatory periodic report requirements and ensuring patient safety.

During this two-year Pharmacovigilance Fellowship, the Fellow(s) will be involved in the following functions:

Periodic Reports Expert

• Is the centralized PSPV expert on the regulatory framework for Global PSRs.
• Leads and manages the cross-functional coordination and authoring of PSRs through project management activities.
• Participate in Health Authority assessment report responses through collaboration with the transversal stakeholders.

Periodic Report Planning Regulatory Expert

• Will be the expert on worldwide regulatory requirements concerning PSRs working with worldwide affiliates to build the global PSR planning schedule.

Literature Surveillance

• Oversees the screening and adjudication of global literature relevant to Sanofi products.
• Coordinates ad-hoc requests for literature in support of various safety analyses.