Research Specialist At Minapharm Pharmaceuticals
About Minapharm:
Minapharm Pharmaceuticals is a leading pharmaceutical company in Egypt and the Middle East and the largest end-to-end manufacturer of biological therapies in MEA with over 20 years of experience in cellular and bioprocess engineering. Headquartered in Cairo, Minapharm commercializes over 100 life-saving and life-enhancing products ranging from small molecules to complex bioengineered proteins and viral vectors, with an impressive immunotherapy pipeline. Together with its wholly-owned Berlin-based subsidiary, ProBioGen AG - a world-leading CDMO, Minapharm has established an integrated business model making it the only gene-to-market company in the region. Consolidating its international platform of intelligent biopharmaceutical technologies with the longstanding process development and manufacturing expertise in the MEA, Minapharm, together with ProBioGen, has incorporated MiGenTra GmbH headquartered in Berlin and manufacturing in Cairo, to enhance the accessibility to critical healthcare transforming medicines through product development and commercialization of Biosimilar mABs, Cell, and Gene Therapies and vaccines, at affordable prices in Egypt, and MEA.
Our Values:
· Diversity & Respect
· Integrity & Accountability
· Collaboration
· Leadership & Empowerment
· Innovation & Continuous Learning
Job Summary :
Responsible for all aspects of developing new products of different dosage forms and product intervention by improving existing products & the analysis of raw materials, intermediates and finished products in strict timescales in order to support the business requirements.
Duties:
Sample and test of raw materials, intermediates and finished products using current pharmacopoeias, any associated ‘wet’ chemistry and instrumental techniques (HPLC, GC, IR, UV), as appropriate.
Create and execute method development and method validation test protocols for finished products and generating the appropriate analytical methods.
Prepare R&D reports, including analytical reports (for raw materials and finished products), Certificates of Analysis (CoA) (for finished products) and stability reports.
Observe and comply with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Good Laboratory Practice (GLP).
Observe and comply with company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) & company Health & Safety policies.
Develop new products via literature search, pre-formulation, formulation design, and development of robust, stable, scalable, manufactural products bioequivalent to the reference Product.
Carry out R&D trials for new products & monitor in-process controls for trials.
Prepare R&D formulation reports & investigate the resulting outcomes.
Create SOPs, as well as review appropriate documentation and test results for accuracy and completeness and compliance with SOPs/GMP requirement.
Ensure that procedures are carried out carefully and accurately to eliminate errors.
Undertake any other duties within the business, which may be requested by the department Manager, for which training and/or an explanation has been provided and understood.
Job Requirements:
· Experience: 0 - 3 years of Experience.
· Education: Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Science.
· Awareness of different analysis techniques.