Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., a member of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies is recruiting for a Pharmacist, to be located in Malvern, PA!
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The successful candidate will work in the Drug Product Development. The candidate will help develop, design drug product presentation, perform formulation development, characterization in support of formulation and clinical dose preparation and administration of vaccines, mAb, gene therapy and other biological drug products.
Major Duties and Responsibilities to Include:

• Formulation Development
  • Design and execute formulation development experiments for biologic drug candidates (vaccines, gene therapy, RNA, monoclonal antibodies and other biologics), including rational formulation design/selection plus characterization studies relevant to the stage of development. Studies include, but are not limited to, biophysical characterization, stability, composition selection and robustness and development of administration protocols.
  • Prepare documents for regulatory filings (IND, IMPD, BLA, MAA) and internal company use. Design experiments and provide relevant data to support responses for regulatory agencies minor deficiency letters.
  • Lead or participate in cross-functional teams at project-related meetings, lead or facilitate technical discussions and successfully resolve problems with suppliers, methods, project issues and deviations.
• Clinical Interface
  • Design and execute studies to understand how the drug product interacts with the product contact material surfaces during fill/finish manufacturing and during dosage preparation and delivery of oncolytic viruses and other biologic drug products.
  • Collaborate with DPD Formulation Scientists, Global Trial Mangers, Clinical Physicians, Study Managers and Pharmacists to ensure that the drug product preparation and administration can be flawlessly executed at clinical sites for clinical studies.
  • Participate in cross functional meetings with clinical scientists, pharmacists, nurses and physicians to ensure harmonization of drug delivery to the patients.
  • Assist in review of phase clinical protocols.
  • Investigate dose preparation and/or delivery issues at clinical site collaborating with internal clinical and quality teams.

Qualifications
Required:

• PharmD with 0-3 years’ experience in hospital or community pharmacy, or industry experience in Pharmaceutical, Biopharmaceutical, Chemical or related industry.
• Clinical experience in hospital or community pharmacy
• A strong understanding on drug compounding and delivery
• Familiarity with Good Clinical Practices and Good Pharmacy Practices
• Familiarity with USP 797 and USP 800

Preferred:

• Knowledge and experience of biopharmaceutical formulation and process design
• An understanding and experience in the application of various GXP and QbD concepts
• Technical writing skills, including the ability to maintain high quality documentation and prepare reports, SOPs or other technical reports
• Sound protein analytical knowledge and experience with a variety of standard protein analytical methods (e.g. HPLC, and particle methods) and biophysical techniques
• Familiarity with a variety of compendial references including United States Pharmacopeia

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Primary Location
United States-Pennsylvania-Malvern-335 Phoenixville Pike
Organization
Janssen Research & Development, LLC (6084)
Job Function
R&D
Requisition ID
2105951641W