Job Description
**Job Description**
The Sterile Product Development group is responsible for the development of parenteral dosage forms, including long-acting injectables (LAIs), across small molecules, peptides, and biologics from preclinical development through commercialization. Our teams enable robust and scalable drug product and delivery solutions through deep scientific understanding of formulation, drug–excipient interactions, delivery system performance, and manufacturing processes, ensuring product quality, safety, efficacy, and patient-centric design.
This role is a Principal Scientist–level technical leadership position with a primary focus on long-acting injectable drug products, including depot formulations, extended-release systems, and injectable sustained-delivery technologies. The successful candidate will serve as a scientific leader across multidisciplinary teams, shaping LAI formulation and development strategy across the portfolio.
**Primary Duties**
The Sterile Product Development group is responsible for the development of parenteral dosage forms, including long-acting injectables (LAIs), across small molecules, peptides, and biologics from preclinical development through commercialization. Our teams enable robust and scalable drug product and delivery solutions through deep scientific understanding of formulation, drug–excipient interactions, delivery system performance, and manufacturing processes, ensuring product quality, safety, efficacy, and patient-centric design.
This role is a Principal Scientist–level technical leadership position with a primary focus on long-acting injectable drug products, including depot formulations, extended-release systems, and injectable sustained-delivery technologies. The successful candidate will serve as a scientific leader across multidisciplinary teams, shaping LAI formulation and development strategy across the portfolio.
**Primary Duties**
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