Research Specialist At Minapharm Pharmaceuticals
Research Specialist - Protein Purification
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
Main job duties/tasks:
Participation in maintenance, development and upgrade of laboratory facilities.
Designing, performance and execution of purification experiments related to the development of new purification strategies for pipeline products including all necessary documentational aspects----
Designing, performance and execution of purification experiments on behalf of other departments like upstream, protein analytics and stability, including documentation if applicable
Perform continuous optimization of process descriptions and their depiction in standard operation procedures (SOP’s)
On-time planning of purification programs for the assigned projects and their implementation according to cGLP/cGMP/ICH guidelines.
Issuing relevant standard operation procedures (SOP’s)
Analysis and evaluation of results including troubleshooting
Documentation and filing of results
Project related literature screening
Writing of regular reports.
Correspondence with international partner companies related to assigned projects
Participation in preparation of official technical documents for other departments of the organization or related affiliates or external parties (eg.CTD/product dossiers for the EDA, technology transfer documents for production of external CMOs).
Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences .
· Strong computer, scientific, and organizational skills.
· Excellent communication in English (oral and written).
· Ability to work independently and as part of a team, self-motivation, adaptability, and a positive attitude.
Job Location: 10th of Ramadan.