Conduct safety assessment of impurities in drug substances and medicinal products spanning all therapeutic modalities and disease indications (including extractable and leachables, elemental impurities, degradation products, and excipients)
Perform ICH M7 in silico assessments to evaluate the presence of potential mutagenic impurities
Provide expertise to support Nitrosamine impurity evaluations
Provide expert opinions on impurity safety assessments to support drug discovery and development project teams, regulatory submissions, due diligences, and life-cycle management of established medicines.
Develop innovative interdisciplinary approaches to advance the field of impurity safety assessment across all therapeutic areas and advanced modalities (e.g. Bx, GTx, xRNA, RLT)
Maintain state-of-the-art scientific and regulatory expertise in Impurity Safety.
Lead cross-functional teams; represent the PCS line function on internal and external boards; actively share and communicate information back to the Impurity Safety team
Engaging and collaborating with key internal and external customer partners
Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory guidelines and standards.
Essential Requirements:
PhD, DVM or equivalent
Broad knowledge in toxicology and chemistry
Knowledge of the drug development process
Minimum of 5 years of experience in regulatory impurity safety assessment
Experience in health authority interactions
Knowledge of design and application of impurity safety databases, experience in the area of QSARs
Strong analytical skills and a commitment to scientific excellence.
Excellent communication and team collaboration skills.