Scientist - Injectable Drug Product Development

Planet Pharma; Slough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking company is seeking a Scientist specializing in Injectable Drug Product Development. This exciting role involves leading the technical aspects of manufacturing processes, ensuring compliance with cGMP standards, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to bring innovative drug products to market. The ideal candidate will have experience in liquid drug product development and a strong understanding of sterile manufacturing processes. Join a dynamic team where your expertise will directly contribute to the advancement of critical pharmaceutical solutions.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in liquid drug product development and manufacturing.
• Solid knowledge of cGMP manufacturing under aseptic conditions.

Responsibilities

• Lead in establishing manufacturing processes for injectable drug products.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders for project execution.

Skills

Liquid Drug Product Development

cGMP Manufacturing

Process Optimization

Technical Expertise in Sterile DP Development

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Life Sciences

Master's Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Planet Pharma is pleased to be recruiting for a Scientist - to work within Injectable Drug Product Development for a leading clinical trials company in the UK.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technical lead in establishing robust manufacturing processes for injectable drug products, guiding development from toxicology studies or first-in-human trials to BLA approval.
• Define and optimize manufacturing processes and parameters for clinical drug product (DP) production.
• Collaborate with cross-functional internal teams and external stakeholders, including contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs), to ensure seamless project execution.
• Design and conduct laboratory studies for drug product development activities, including data capture, analysis, and documentation preparation (e.g., protocols, reports, filter sizing, compatibility assessments, clinical blinding, etc.).
• Analyze critical manufacturing data to enhance process understanding and characterization.
• Perform process risk assessments to ensure robust and compliant operations.
• Design sterile injectable DP manufacturing processes for liquid or lyophilized forms in vials, pre-filled syringes, or combination products.
• Define investigational medicine product preparation processes for clinical trials.
• Support the timely production of stability and clinical DP batches.
• Provide assistance for process performance qualification/validation, ensuring adherence to cGMP, quality systems, and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to CMC regulatory submissions, regulatory briefings, and address authority questions.
• Investigate and resolve DP quality-related deviations and complaints.
• Facilitate knowledge transfer from late-phase development to commercial manufacturing of validated DP processes.
• Help enhance departmental processes and ways of working.

Key Qualifications:

• 2–3 years of experience in liquid drug product development and/or manufacturing within the pharmaceutical industry (biopharmaceutical experience is a plus).
• Solid knowledge of liquid drug product development and cGMP manufacturing, especially under aseptic conditions (e.g., vial, cartridge, and pre-filled syringe filling processes).
• Technical expertise in sterile DP development, including DP components, process transfer, scale-up, and optimization.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Analyst and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Biotechnology Research

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