Openings for Formulation Development Associate Scientist in Novartis

Openings for Formulation Development Associate Scientist in Novartis

 

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About the Company 

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 

Qualification : Masters in Pharmacy 

Experience : 2-4 years experience in Formulation development for Regulatory markets 

Need to have good communication skills 

Proficient with the lab equipment and techniques and tools 

Thorough knowledge in cGMP knowledge 

Roles 

Need to Write protocols, scientific reports or lab procedures based on templates or SOPs under minimal supervision.

Effectively Take over responsibility for and utilize special tools/equipment or specialized facilities as an expert to develop robust product.

Perform the Evaluation of literature/patents and to design formulation strategies for the products under development.

Able to provide the timely Support in maintenance and qualification of instruments/equipment as assigned.

Take the required Planning of stability studies and reviewing of development and stability data. 

Need to perform the Review and verify raw data generated by others; approval of test/experiments performed by others.

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

Design, plan and execute pre-formulation studies, development batches and document scientific experiments/plant activities under minimal supervision.   

To compile raw data, evaluate and interpret results; propose and provide input for the design of next experiments.