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negotiable
Location
Cambridge, UK
Posted by: Astra Zeneca
22 Dec
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20 Feb EXPIRED

Medical Scientist (Late Stage Oncology)

Cambridge, UK
Job Description

Late Stage Oncology is the science engine room for our late stage development. Our strategy and ability to transform our portfolio means we have a late stage pipeline that presents incredible opportunities to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. We transform clinical concepts into medicines that deliver patient health benefits.

In Late Stage Oncology development, we have a crucial role to play. Faced with sophisticated disease challenges, we’re passionate about outstanding performance to transform molecules into medicines that change lives. We are responsible for enabling the business to make pipeline and investment decisions, to ensure they select the right molecules to progress and to seize the right life-cycle management opportunities – generating the data required to drive regulatory submissions for new medicines and expanded indications and generating the evidence that shows their true value

 

This is an exciting period for us, as well as for those poised to join us. We are looking for established scientists who wish to broaden their roles. As a Medical Scientist you will have a role in developing new registration-focused trials. You will be working independently with mentorship in only the most complex situations and be a close partner to the physician on the team.

Job ID Reference
1449
Desired Skills & Experience

Main Duties and Responsibilities

  • Key relationships internally with clinical project teams, and externally with regulatory bodies and external service providers.
  • You will ensure there is adequate input into the drug development process from specialists in each of the various areas of drug development, or provide input into one or more of these areas as a technical specialist.
  • You will develop and design studies to settle scientific and clinical viability of a particular drug or portfolio of drugs and interpret the results of these studies, either as the head of a team, or by providing experienced input.
  • You will participate in protocol design, writing and Implementation to meet GCP, ICH and all AZ quality standards.
  • You will lead cross functional projects to ensure the successful passage of drugs through all phases of the drug development process, or contribute to one or more elements of such a project as a technical specialist.
  • You will review and interpret medical data and clinical trial data and come up with conclusions
  • You will also have responsibility for delivery of pieces of the trials and may lead submissions from a process standpoint.

 

Essential Requirements

  • PhD in a scientific field, PharmD or MD is strongly preferred, candidates with significant relevant drug development experience will be considered
  • Oncology clinical trials experience
  • Experience managing and interpreting the results of clinical trials as well as exposure to writing protocols
  • Good analytical skills
  • Experience of authoring scientific documents
  • Well-developed interpersonal skills
  • Sufficient technical and disease area knowledge to be able to interact with confidence with internal and external partners
Company
  Cambridge, UK
  www.astrazeneca.com
AstraZeneca is an exciting global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company. We’re inspired by what science can do. Driven by the desire to meet unmet patient needs in our core therapeutic areas. Bold in our thinking. Proactive in pursuing discoveries beyond imagination. At sites across the world, we bring teams together in a spirit of collaboration to turn great ideas into life-changing medicines – strengthening our product portfolio and harnessing the potential of a pipeline across all stages of the drug development process.
You’ll be part of a team that’s rolling back the frontiers of science to turn yesterday’s impossible into the normal of tomorrow. So, if you share our focus and passion, join us and make a difference to patients – and in return, we’ll help you develop way beyond what you thought possible.
  Workplace
 Cambridge, UK