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Farah Ayadi

Medical-Linguistic Consultant (Doctor of Pharmacy)

€389/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Farah

As a Doctor of Pharmacy and Medical-Linguistic Consultant, I combine medical and linguistic expertise to provide regulatory-compliant medical and pharmaceutical terminology services, including medical writing consultancy (in French), creating and managing glossaries and terminology audits. I also have proven experience in linguistic validation, providing in-depth review, cultural adaptation, harmonization and reconciliation of COA/PRO instruments. I ensure regulatory compliance, conceptual equivalence and idiomatic clarity for French-speaking patient populations in France and North Africa (Maghreb). These services complement my specialized medical and pharmaceutical translation work (English/Arabic → French), which includes translating, revising, proofreading and adapting French medical, clinical and regulatory content.
I am also part of the international team at Medical Tranlsation Experts for CROs (MTEC) as a medical French linguist.
Docteure en pharmacie et consultante médico‑linguistique, je mets à profit la combinaison de mes compétences médicales et linguistiques pour proposer des services de terminologie médicale et pharmaceutique, conformes aux exigences réglementaires, tels que le conseil en rédaction médicale, la création et la gestion de glossaires, ainsi que des audits terminologiques. J’ai également une solide expérience en validation linguistique, contribuant à des processus comprenant une révision approfondie, une adaptation culturelle, une harmonisation et une réconciliation des instruments d’évaluation clinique (COA/PRO), tout en garantissant conformité réglementaire, équivalence conceptuelle et formulations idiomatiques claires pour les populations francophones de France et d’Afrique du Nord (Maghreb). Ces prestations viennent enrichir mon activité de traduction médicale et pharmaceutique spécialisée (anglais/arabe → français), notamment la traduction, la révision, la relecture et l’adaptation de contenus médicaux, cliniques et réglementaires.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • Arabic

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • MediTranslat https://meditranslat.fr/en
    Medical-Linguistic Consultant and Freelance Certified Translator (Doctor of Pharmacy)
    PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
    February 2025 - Today (1 year and 4 months)
    Paris, France
    𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝑶𝑨/𝑷𝑹𝑶 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 (𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉/𝑨𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒄 → 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉) 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓: https://meditranslat.fr/en/Medical-Linguistic-Services
    • Terminology audits: conducting in-depth analysis, ensuring compliance with international standards and regulatory requirements, as well as verifying consistent and accurate use of terms across documents and glossaries.
    • Medical writing consulting (in French): providing recommendations on terminology use for drafting or adapting clinical and regulatory documents.
    • Creation and management of terminology databases (glossaries).
    • Supporting the linguistic validation workflow with in-depth review, cultural adaptation, harmonization and reconciliation of COA/PRO instruments.
    • Harmonization of medical translations: comparison of multiple versions, selection of the most accurate and idiomatic formulations, along with verification of terminological consistency.
    • Applying and reviewing tracked changes in updated documents, with traceability and terminological consistency throughout the document.
    • Translation, localization, revision and proofreading of clinical and regulatory documents related to human medicinal products (e.g. SmPCs, PILs, labelling, CSRs, ICFs, IBs, protocols), tailored to the target audience and compliant with regulatory requirements.
    I am also the author of a medical-linguistic article on regulatory translation and writing, available on my website (2026): https://meditranslat.fr/en/insights-publications/General-introduction-From-Pharmacy-to-Medical-Translation-and-Writing-A-Healthcare-Professionals-Perspective-on-Terminology
    Medical translation Regulatory Compliance Terminology management medical writing consulting Proofreading/Editing
  • AB Science
    Drug Safety Officer/Chargée de pharmacovigilance
    PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
    October 2019 - April 2021 (1 year and 6 months)
    Paris, France
    Processing of pharmacovigilance cases: documentation with MedDRA coding, narrative writing, medical assessment of serious adverse events (SAEs), and adverse events of special Interest (AESIs), occurring in the context of oncologic and non-oncologic clinical trials as well as temporary authorization for use.
    Communication role with the investigative sites to request clarifications/additional information, or solve discrepancies between the reported pharmacovigilance data and the electronic case report form (e-CRF).
    Preparation and writing of Analysis of Similar Events (AOSEs) for the suspected unexpected serious adverse reactions (SUSARs).
    Declaration of SUSARs and AESIs to the relevant health authorities.
    Quality control of pharmacovigilance cases, including medical reassessment, review of narrative and validation of MedDRA coding and the documented data.
    Processing of post-marketing pharmacovigilance cases related to a veterinary medicinal product (e.g. including narrative writing, request for additional information, causality assessment according to the Summary of Product Characteristics or SmPC).
    Reconciliation of SAEs between clinical and pharmacovigilance databases.
    MedDRA dictionary for adverse event terminology Clinical Trials pharmacovigilance Post-marketing pharmacovigilance Pharmacovigilance database management
  • Altran
    Pharmaceutical Consultant/Consultante pharmaceutique
    PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
    May 2019 - October 2019 (5 months)
    Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
    Creation of a guide on a new approach to therapeutic education for hospitalized patients with cardiovascular diseases (i.e. human-robot interactions in hospitals).
    Mission in haemovigilance in LFB pharmaceutical company.
    Medical Writing clinical research Communication Hospital Pharmacy

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Education

  • Level 7 French RNCP Translator Diploma and Professional Certificate in Medical Translation Services
    Edvenn
    2024
  • Certificate in Clinical Terminology for International and U.S. Students
    University of Pittsburgh
    2024
    Certificate in Clinical Terminology for International and U.S. Students

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