Associate Scientist - Formulation Development

Ghent, Flanders, BE

In-personFull time roleEarly Career

4 months ago

About the Job

You will join a dynamic young team and report to the formulation development manager.
You will support the development of new drug delivery formulations (drug products) for different applications in the medical field in R&D environment, under the guidance of senior scientists.
You will be working on innovative solid and/or liquid formulations for both new biological molecules and new small molecules.
You will execute different kind of pharmaceutical processes for both liquid and solid drug product (DP) development & manufacturing. Examples are:
- Solutions, suspensions, emulsions, SEDDS,…
- Powders, tableting, capsule manufacturing, film-coating, spray-drying, lyophilization, wet granulation, dry granulation,…
You will be involved in screening of formulation compositions, process development and optimization, and productions for stability studies.
You will develop and execute DP characterization methods to evaluate the profile and stability of the different drug products.
The function consists of carrying out experimental work in a high-tech environment together with data interpretation and reporting of the performed experiments.
The function includes also support of clinical production in a GMP environment after a training period. Activities include: material dispensing, execution of the DP manufacturing processes, packaging, equipment installation and cleaning, product samplings, and completion of batch records.

About the Company

Eurofins

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

5000 +

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and the environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies. Since 1987, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 62,000 staff across a network of independent companies in 62 countries, operating over 900 laboratories. Performing over 450 million tests every year, Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing. Ever since its IPO on the French stock exchange in 1997, Eurofins has been one of the fastest growing listed European companies.