Associate Pharmaceutical Research Scientist

Proclinical is seeking an Associate Pharmaceutical Research Scientist for a leading biopharmaceutical company located in New Haven, CT.

Must be eligible to work or be a citizen in the US.

Job Responsibility:

• Execute development studies for pharmaceutical drug candidates and commercial products, support tech transfer activities for internal manufacturing and contract manufacturing sites.
• Assist in preparation of internal technical reports on the executed studies.
• Participate in Department meetings and other technical and team building activities.
• This position is required to conduct studies to enable Drug Product characterization activities, including combination products at high protein concentration, as well as commercial products.
• Experimental work on various aspects of Drug Product characterization, including formulation development, safety risk assessment of excipients as well as process reagents, extractables and leachable, in use compatibility studies for intravenous and subcutaneous administration, process development to support drug product manufacturing support, particulates testing.
• Use electronic record keeping software, like ELN, EndNote, e-logbooks.

Skills and Requirements:

• BS in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemical engineering, or relevant field with 0 to 2 years of relevant experience is required. Solid background in protein chemistry, chemistry, biochemistry, toxicology, or equivalent is highly preferred.
• Position requires scientific and practical knowledge of protein chemistry or drug product process.
• Previous experience in biotherapeutics development as well as understanding of the biotechnology products life cycle and factors impacting protein molecule stability is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with instrumentation, used in protein pharmaceutical and analytical development as well as characterization and knowledge of cGMP and quality guidelines is a plus.
• Understanding of assay development, biotherapeutics development is a plus.
• Understanding of the basic principles of protein chemistry and/or drug product process is required.

If you are having difficulty in applying or if you have any questions, please contact Shannon Briggs at (+1) 215-531-6914 or s.briggs@proclinical.com.

Proclinical is a specialist employment agency and recruitment business, providing job opportunities within major pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies.

Proclinical Staffing is an equal opportunity employer.

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