R&D in Astellas Pharma Europe is focused on three key therapy areas: urology, dermatology, anti-infectives. Astellas Europe and the organisation is committed to continuing to explore opportunities and to develop new products which will better serve patients affected by conditions across these areas.
The R&D headquarters of Astellas Pharma Europe is based in Leiderdorp in the Netherlands. Astellas Europe has a full range of R&D functions in Europe including: early clinical development, late phase clinical development and regulatory and pharmaco vigilance. Astellas Europe is also involved in clinical trials which are managed in over 20 countries across, and outside of, Europe.
The main responsibility of the Pharmaceutical Development Department (PDD) is to give full technical support to global drug development programs and maintenance programs. Within PDD medicines, raw materials and prototypes are being tested. New laboratory techniques and analytical research are being developed to contribute for product development, patents and marketing research. Within the analytical laboratory of PDD there is a vacancy for a
Senior Technician
Purpose of the position
Initiate, execute and report drug development and maintenance related research, manufacturing or testing, to develop, maintain and improve the investigational and commercial product portfolio.
Responsibilities
· Execution, control and report of assigned studies
· Plan and execute lab/plant studies and lab/plant facility maintenance in liaise with the Section Head and/or Study Managers
· Execute scientific oriented experiments for improving the laboratory expertise
· Act as an (technical) expert in one or more area’s of analysis or technology (like HPLC, dissolution, granulation, coating etc.)
· Maintain a current awareness of trends in technology developments
· Supervise and coach technical staff (technician, amanuensis and trainees) in expert field
· Contribute to facility/equipment maintenance, cleaning, certification etc.
· Ensure cGMP compliance
Profile
· A completed study at the HLO/HTS in chemistry, engineering or pharmacy
· Good communication skills in Dutch and English
· Adequate knowledge to work with information technology systems (eg. Windows and MsOffice)
· Worked at least 3 years as a Technician in a pharmaceutical or research driven organization.
· Trained to work in cGMP contained conditions in industrial and lab environment |
