Openings for Formulation development Associate Scientist in Novartis

Openings for Formulation development Associate Scientist in Novartis

 

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About Novartis 

One of the largest pharmaceutical company of swiss origin located in Basel, Switzerland. Originated by merging of Ceiba and Geigy in 1996.The company further classified its operations to 3 major divisions: Sandoz (generics), Alcon (eyecare) and innovative medicines, it has 33.3% ,24.9%  of the Roche shares  and identic pharma respectively. The firm established its Multi functional center in Hyderabad, which covers of around 870,000 Square feet.
The pharma giant has a large portfolio of medicines in treating areas including but not limited to osteoporosis, Psoriasis, COPD, Hypertension, Alzheimer’s disease, heart failure, malaria, Amoebiasis, Asthma, schizophrenia and so on. This laid its step in animal health division, pests and rodent control by providing many varieties of products like milbemax, interceptor, Acara.
United states department of Health and human services in the year 2009, awarded Novartis with $ 486 contract for producing cell based influenza vaccine with a motto of 150,000,000 doses of flu pandemic vaccines with in 6 months. When gone through the financial aspect, it has a revenue of $ 53 billion and market capitalization of over $ 209 billion.
Recently decoding the hand of Artificial intelligence around pathological cancer, by recognizing the cancer at various stages. The firm has huge corporate responsibility helping in addressing the needs of undeserved populations, 24 Million patients reached access through the programs in 2018 and over 17 Million people reached training, health education services.

About the Job 

Experience : 2-4 years experience with formulation development with the exposure in the regulatory markets. 

Need to have good theoritical and process understanding in relevant areas 

Proficient in laboratory technique tools and handling 

Able to understand the GMP area and relevant procedure 

Role 

Needed to take up the Work according to appropriate standards as defined in Quality Manual, SOPs, ethical, health, safety, environment (HSE), and information security (ISEC) guidelines; lead initiatives to ensure proactive compliance and continuous improvement.

Required to handle the compilation of raw data, evaluate and interpret results; propose and provide input for the design of next experiments. Review and verify raw data generated by others; approval of test/experiments performed by others.

Develop new methods or optimize existing methods (lab or plant); For technical development units: contribute to development and implementation of new technologies. For GMP units: ensure compliance to cGMP.


Timely Recognize, communicate, address and solve problems (e.g. deviations and unexpected results from experiments) within own and broader area of responsibility; actively transfer know-how or procedures to other departments or external contractors, including troubleshooting and on-site training. Proactively identify conflict situations and contribute with empathy to solutions.