Your new company

A global biopharmaceutical leader is looking for an experienced scientist to join their Pharmaceutical Development Sciences team. This will be a 12-month contract joining their site in Slough. This company commits their work to improving the lives of people living with severe neurological and immunological conditions with a strong focus on research and teamwork.

Your new role

• Spearhead the development of manufacturing processes and parameters for clinical drug production.
• Collaborate with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, including contract manufacturers, within a project team framework.
• Conducting laboratory studies related to drug product development, meticulously capturing and analysing data, and authoring detailed documentation such as reports, protocols, and assessments.
• Analyse critical manufacturing data to enhance process understanding and characterisation.
• Perform thorough risk assessments of manufacturing processes.
• Design robust processes for sterile injectable drug products, including liquid or lyophilised forms, across various delivery systems such as vials, pre-filled syringes, or combination products.
• Develop investigational medicine preparation procedures for clinical trials.
• Support the timely production of stable and clinical drug product batches.
• Assist in process qualification and validation, ensuring compliance with quality systems, cGMP, and regulatory standards.
• Contribute to regulatory submissions by preparing relevant documentation and responding to regulatory enquiries.
• Investigate and resolve deviations and quality complaints related to drug products.
• Facilitate the transfer of validated processes from late-phase development to commercial production.
• Drive improvements in departmental ways of working.

What you'll need to succeed

• 2-3+ years of experience in the development or manufacturing of liquid drug products within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Hands-on experience and familiarity with liquid drug product development and cGMP manufacturing in aseptic environments (such as vial, cartridge, and pre-filled syringe filling) are beneficial.
• Proficiency in sterile drug product development, including an understanding of drug product components, process transfer, scale-up, and optimisation, is preferred.
• Experience within the biopharmaceutical sector is advantageous.

What you'll get in return

• Excellent opportunity to join a leading biopharmaceutical company to develop your career within the biopharmaceutical industry
• Competitive pay

What you need to do now

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