Associate Director, Formulation and Drug Delivery

3 weeks ago


South San Francisco, United States Astrix Inc Full time

Our client is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patients lives. They develop multiple precision medicines targeting hallmark cancer resistance mechanisms.

Title: Associate Director, Formulation and Drug Delivery

Location: South San Francisco, California

Salary: $175k - 215k

Position Summary:

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated small molecule formulation scientist with a proven record of sustained laboratory achievement and innovation to join our growing Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PharmSci/CMC). The successful candidate will report to the Director of Formulation and Drug Delivery and will be responsible for:

  • Accountable for the design, development, and characterization of phase appropriate solid oral dose drug product formulations, packaging, and manufacturing processes to successfully support clinical studies.
  • Leading the cGMP drug product manufacturing and packaging activities at CMOs and oversight in close partnership with quality.
  • Lead late-stage drug product development activities including scale-up, design of experiments (DOEs), risk assessments, and development of the integrated control strategy in partnership with other CMC functional areas, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and Manufacturing.
  • Leading the developability assessment of new candidates, preclinical formulation, preformulation, and discovery pharmaceutics studies including API form selection and characterization to nominate a suitable form for development, troubleshooting, and defining the path for new drug candidates.
  • Authoring CMC sections of regulatory filings and participating in regulatory agency interactions.

Requirements

  • Ph.D. or M.S. in Chemical Engineering or relevant scientific discipline with at least 10 years of experience in formulation and drug product development and track record of progressing assets from INDs to MAAs.
  • Strong understanding and extensive hands?on experience in early- and late-stage drug product process development. In-depth understanding of formulation development best practices & trends.
  • Proven experience in the generation of relevant regulatory sections of IND filings.
  • Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills with the ability to quickly adapt to changing program needs


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