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Formulation Scientist

5+ years
Not Disclosed
10 Jan. 30, 2025
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time Education: B.Sc,M.Sc,B.Pharma,M.Pharma,LifeScience Graduates Skills: Causality Assessment, Clinical SAS Programming, Communication Skills, CPC Certified, GCP guidelines, ICD-10 CM Codes, CPT-Codes, HCPCS Codes, ICD-10 CM, CPT, HCPCS Coding, ICH guidelines, ICSR Case Processing, Interpersonal Skill, Labelling Assessment, MedDRA Coding, Medical Billing, Medical Coding, Medical Terminology, Narrative Writing, Research & Development, Technical Skill, Triage of ICSRs, WHO DD Coding

Job Title: Formulation Scientist

Job Location: Syngene, S18, Bengaluru
Department: Formulation Development Centre (FDC)
Education Required: Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics, Industrial Pharmacy, or Process Technology)
Experience Required: Minimum 5 years in industrial research for parenteral drug products


About Syngene

Syngene International Ltd. is an innovation-led contract research, development, and manufacturing organization (CRDMO), offering comprehensive scientific services from early discovery to commercial supply. Syngene values safety, quality, and integrity in its operations, ensuring that these principles are ingrained in every project undertaken.


Core Purpose of the Role

The Formulation Scientist will be responsible for the development and optimization of parenteral drug products, including the full lifecycle from pre-formulation, formulation design, process optimization, and characterization to the technology transfer from R&D to GMP manufacturing sites. The role also involves supporting drug product manufacturing in GMP fill-finish facilities and ensuring right first-time approach to support clinical trials.


Key Responsibilities

Product Development

  • Lead the development of parenteral drug products with a focus on formulation design, process optimization, and pre-formulation.
  • Manage technology transfer from R&D to manufacturing sites, ensuring smooth transitions for GMP manufacturing in fill-finish facilities.
  • Ensure successful scale-up of processes using parametric and non-parametric methodologies.
  • Work closely with production and quality teams to facilitate drug product manufacturing.

Process Development and Optimization

  • Develop and optimize manufacturing processes to ensure the production of high-quality drug products for clinical trials.
  • Apply a right-first-time approach in process optimization to enhance efficiency and product quality.
  • Focus on the optimization of complex injectables, including formulations for pre-filled syringes (PFS), autoinjectors, and other injectable delivery systems.
  • Experience with the design and optimization of lyophilization cycles for large molecules is essential.

Troubleshooting and Troubleshooting for Batches

  • Drive troubleshooting efforts for clinical batches and registration batches.
  • Resolve scale-up challenges for drug products such as conventional injectables, complex injectables, and combination products.

Regulatory Compliance and Quality Control

  • Ensure compliance with GMP standards and company’s quality requirements.
  • Write and review lab development and GMP manufacturing documents such as BMR, BPR, and PPQP.
  • Support the closure of QMS activities such as deviations, OOT, OOS, and CAPA.
  • Manage regulatory submissions and responses to regulatory queries for global markets such as US, EU, and ROW.

External Coordination

  • Coordinate with third-party manufacturing facilities for technology transfer and manufacturing support.
  • Work closely with external partners to ensure smooth transitions of processes and support continuous improvements.

Client and Stakeholder Interaction

  • Responsible for cross-functional coordination to align project milestones, expectations, and deliverables.
  • Support client visits and audits, ensuring all regulatory and quality aspects are maintained.
  • Communicate effectively with both internal teams and external partners to achieve project goals.

Skills and Capabilities

  1. Core Competencies:

    • Extensive experience in formulation development for parenteral drug products, including process development, formulation design, and scale-up.
    • Expertise in pre-formulation, comparability studies, and regulatory requirements for injectable systems (vials, PFS, autoinjectors).
    • Hands-on experience in process validation and troubleshooting for complex injectables.
  2. Leadership and Coordination:

    • Proven ability to lead teams and coordinate across functions to manage projects from lab to GMP manufacturing.
    • Expertise in knowledge transfer and training teams effectively.
  3. Quality Approach:

    • In-depth understanding of phase-appropriate GMP and clinical trial supply requirements.
    • Commitment to data integrity and compliance with safety protocols in a GMP environment.
  4. Troubleshooting and Problem Solving:

    • Strong problem-solving skills in handling technical challenges for clinical and registration batches.
  5. External Coordination and Client Interaction:

    • Experience working with third-party manufacturing sites and facilitating successful technology transfers.
  6. Regulatory Knowledge:

    • Hands-on experience with regulatory submissions, and regulatory audits, especially in global markets.
    • Skilled in responding to regulatory queries and drafting regulatory filings.

Education & Experience Requirements

  • Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics, Industrial Pharmacy, or Process Technology).
  • At least 5 years of industrial experience in formulation development and technology transfer for parenteral drug products, both small and large molecules.

Syngene Values

  • Excellence
  • Integrity
  • Professionalism

Equal Opportunity Employer

Syngene is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.