Specialist, Formulation

Job Opportunity – Specialist, Formulation

Nanopharm, an Aptar Pharma Company, is a world leading specialist contract research and development organization offering product development services for orally inhaled and nasal drug products (OINDPs).

Nanopharm operates a fee-for-service model, helping its clients navigate the scientific, technical and regulatory challenges in developing nasal and respiratory drug products from discovery through to clinical investigations (‘IND’). Its service offerings provide the most efficient path to success for its clients by providing an integrated product development service covering:

• Advanced materials characterization
• Analytical method development
• Formulation development and testing
• Inhaled biopharmaceutics

These early phase services aid successful product development by understanding how material properties and processing conditions influence product functionality and therefore reduce risks and expedite drug development timelines. Nanopharm’s proprietary technology and analytical platforms for advanced materials characterization, formulation & device development and in-silico modelling of in vivo behaviour, have provided Nanopharm a technical competitive edge, helping it become an international market leader.

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• Attract and develop high performing people.
• Promote a diverse and inclusive work environment.
• Allow for failure by allowing people to make mistakes through an open and trusting environment.
• Invest in the development of employees through local, regional and global career opportunities.
• Contribute to the communities where we reside.

Nanopharm is a prominent player in the Inhalation industry, with our laboratory service provision in Wales, United Kingdom. We specialise in the development and testing of inhalable and nasal pharmaceutical products, collaborating closely with pharmaceutical companies to ensure product safety, efficacy, and regulatory compliance.

We have an exciting position open at Nanopharm, which is an Aptar Pharma Company:
Specialist, Formulation reporting into Manager, Technical Specialists. These positions will be based in Cwmbran and will involve conducting pharmaceutical product analysis for our customers to a high degree of precision and efficiency.

Job descriptions cover approximately 85% of a role and are not an exhaustive list of responsibilities and duties. You are expected to carry out other activities that are within reasonable scope of the role.

• To operate as a Scientific and Technical Expert in your specific speciality.
  • This speciality will be in focused and dedicated field recognised in the industry
• To support the Pharmaceutical Development Units (PDUs) in Nanopharm in the capacity of using your specialism, to allow delivery of the revenue-generating portfolio of work for our customers, internally and externally, efficiently, and effectively. This may include:
  • Provides technical experience and support to development teams.
  • Expected to be a hands‑on role where scientist provides practical application of specialist skill e.g. use of specialised instruments
  • Senior user and responsible person for specialist equipment and laboratory areas, in conjunction with the Operations team
  • Learning, teaching, and training of Nanopharm team members.
  • Reviewing reports for technical and scientific accuracy with regards to data analysis or conclusions (but not as a routine reviewer).
  • Involved in customer/stakeholder/sponsor discussions and presentations to ensure the most significant capabilities are made available to these interfaces.
  • The resolution of technical challenges faced by the scientific teams.
• To support our customers, academic/regulatory agency collaborations with product development programs leveraging the full range of tools and resources. This may include:
  • Participating in calls, workshops, problem solving, technical discussions and project review processes/meetings as required, to leverage your experience and technical capabilities.
  • Lead dynamic metric-based teams to solve critical problems, move technology/capability forward or as part of internal…