Arshia Bhandari is a pharmacovigilance expert, patient safety advocate, and entrepreneur who is the founder of PhVFit, an initiative dedicated to advancing awareness, education, and engagement in medication safety and pharmacovigilance. With over 16 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and drug-safety domain, she has established herself as a key voice in promoting patient-centric healthcare and safety reporting systems.

Through PhVFit, she works to build awareness around patient safety principles, adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting, and pharmacovigilance practices, using platforms such as open forums, training programs, and knowledge-sharing initiatives. Her mission centers on empowering patients, healthcare professionals, and industry stakeholders to actively participate in safer medication practices and reporting ecosystems.

Arshia’s professional expertise spans ICSR management, aggregate reporting, medical writing, and operational leadership in pharmacovigilance, along with mentoring and training professionals in drug safety systems. She has played a critical role in developing processes for outsourced pharmacovigilance projects and preparing teams for high-quality regulatory compliance and reporting standards.

Beyond her entrepreneurial work, she is actively engaged in national and international patient safety platforms, contributing as a speaker and thought leader in forums focused on pharmacovigilance and healthcare quality. She is also associated with global patient-advocacy networks, where she champions the importance of involving patients as active partners in healthcare systems.

Her contributions extend into policy dialogue and thought leadership, including writing and speaking on India’s evolving patient safety frameworks and pharmacovigilance systems, advocating for stronger reporting mechanisms and patient engagement.

Through her work with PhVFit and broader advocacy efforts, Arshia Bhandari continues to drive a vision of safer, more transparent, and patient-empowered healthcare systems, where awareness, accountability, and collaboration play a central role in improving treatment outcomes and public health.