Abbott looking for Pharmaceutical Scientist

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic medicines. Our 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Post : Scientist (Pharmaceutical)

Job Description
Purpose of Role
• Providing technical support to Abbott manufacturing facilities and Third-Party Manufacturers (TPM' s) in the region. Collaboration with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Commercial, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs is critical to the success of this role.
• Troubleshoot the commercial manufacturing issues to avoid the supply chain disruption.
• Support the product localization considering cost estimates// regulatory requirement,, business plans, timelines and contingency plans for responsible projects in areas of CIP/ Alternate Vendor Development/ Gross Margin Improvement/ Supply
• Review of dossier/ tech pack that supports the department in providing rapid and accurate evaluation of new business opportunities like in licensing/ co-marketing.

Core Responsibilities
• Providing technical support to Abbott manufacturing facilities and Third-Party Manufacturers (TPM' s) in the region. Collaboration with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Commercial, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs is critical to the success of this role.
• Reach out to global product support work streams to have the desired technical support for the global product in the region & has the responsibility for the coordination of technical support for products outside the globally coordinated work streams.
• The responsibilities of this role include the technical support for internal and external manufacturing within the region as below:
• Operational technical support to ensure product reliability, support portfolio growth, cost improvement by optimize.
• Supporting the regional technical group along with the local technical groups at each of the manufacturing sites and for continuous growth of the technical organizations & teams across the region.
• Support for projects, e.g. Technology transfers, ASQ (API Supplier) qualifications, Localization Programs, Gross Margin Improvements, etc.
• Oversight to all technology transfer related activities related to mfg. process.
• Support for continuous improvement projects, process, formulation development & improvements, remediation, and validation) and responding to technical issues resulting from manufacturing, compliance, or regulatory issues (Biowaiver, IVIVC & technical justification based the regulatory query).
• Review & Support for technical Duediligence.
• Review & Support for regional Licensing &Acquisition technical DD.

Candidate Profile
• Post Graduation in Pharmacy (Pharmaceutical Science)
• Sound knowledge of formulation development (Research & development), manufacturing process (understanding of commercial equipment), Hands on experience with Alternate source qualification for API, Excipients (functional & non-functional) and packaging materials.
• Have the basic understanding and expertise of the formulation / product behavior to mitigate the process related risk.
• Keeping up good contacts with CFT team members and work closely to meet the role responsibility.
• Can exhibit smart working capabilities, be Agile, to meet the expectation.

Additional Information
Qualification : Post Graduation in Pharmacy
Location : Mumbai
Industry Type : Pharma / Healthcare / Clinical research
End Date : 25th August 2024