Senior Scientist Pharmacology

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Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:
Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function:
Pharmacology

Job Category:
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (J&J IM) develops treatments that improve the health of people worldwide.

Research and development areas encompass cardiopulmonology, immunology, communicable diseases, neuroscience and oncology.

Our goal is to help people live longer, healthier lives.

We have produced and marketed many first-in-class prescription medications and are poised to serve the broad needs of the healthcare market – from patients to practitioners and from clinics to hospitals.

To learn more about J&J Innovative Medicine, visit https:// https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine.

We are looking for a Scientist / Senior Scientist in the department of Translational Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics and Investigative Toxicology (TPPIT) in Beerse, Belgium, to support small and large molecule drug discovery and development programs.

Specifically, the candidate will be responsible for supporting a range of in vitro ADME assays (drug transporters, enzyme induction, drug metabolism, plasma and tissue binding, cell permeability and ad hoc mechanistic studies) and contribute to project progression and decision making by providing high quality data and expert opinion to multi-disciplinary project teams.

In addition to project support, the candidate will have the opportunity to develop novel test systems and, in collaboration with biopharmaceutics teams, establish formulation-based delivery approaches to select molecules with a desired oral  bioavailability. 

We are a highly motivated team, and our laboratories are state-of-the-art.

As part of the global  Translational ADME community within TPPIT, you will have access to a large arsenal of in silico, in vitro and in vivo tools and the vast expertise of colleagues at our various research sites in Belgium and the United States.

Qualifications:

Education requirement:


* MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, Molecular Biology or a related field.

Experience and Skills

Required:


* Knowledge in DMPK relevant areas such as pharmacokinetics, in vitro ADME assays such as drug metabolism, drug transport, enzyme induction, cellular permeability, and protein and tissue binding.


* Ability to independently design, con...