About this role
We are looking for a talented synthetic organic chemist to join Process Chemistry R&D. This role offers unique synthetic challenges with impact on projects from discovery to commercial implementation of small molecule Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API). You will play a key role supporting Lundbeck’s development pipeline for CNS diseases.
As process development chemist, you will join a dynamic team enabling progression of Lundbeck’s rapidly expanding pipeline. You will engage in route scouting to scale-up of chemical processes under cGMP and transfer to commercial production. Key tasks include developing synthetic strategies and coordinating with external CMOs.
Process Chemistry R&D is part of the CMC organization, scaling up and implementing GMP manufacture of novel APIs internally or at CMOs. The team fosters strong collaboration under challenging timelines using facilities in Lumsås and Valby. This position is located at Lumsås with some travel to Valby.
This offers a great opportunity to be part of a great team developing new medicines. You will develop safe, robust, sustainable processes suitable for commercial production. Contribute to cross-functional teams and regulatory data for API control strategy.
Requirements
- Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry
- Specialized in synthetic organic chemistry
- Experience in scale-up of chemical processes
- Initiative, organized, and flexible working manner
- Goal-oriented with ability to work under strict timelines
- Knowledge or experience of GMP
Responsibilities
- Develop new synthetic strategies for small molecule pipeline
- Develop safe, robust, and scalable chemical processes
- Develop sustainable chemical processes suitable for commercial production
- Support scale-up of chemical processes in internal facilities
- Coordinate with external CMOs to ensure pipeline progression
- Represent Process Chemistry R&D in cross-functional development teams
- Generate data to support regulatory filings including API control strategy
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