Regulatory Toxicology Scientist
Zoetis

Job Info

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Zoetis Veterinary Medicine Research and Development (VMRD) is looking for a skilled Toxicologist to join the Safety Sciences group based in Kalamazoo, MI for a challenging and dynamic position that provides technical leadership and expertise in regulatory toxicology. The candidate will work across the VMRD organization to produce sound, well-researched scientific assessments that justify product safety across therapeutic areas and across species, and to support regulatory filings to global authorities.

The responsibilities include:

• Regulatory filing support: Integration of toxicology, human food safety, target animal safety and user safety assessments into filing documents
• Toxicological Assessment support: Safety assessments for residual solvents and excipients
• Toxicological Assessment supporting manufacturing: Qualification of impurities in the manufacturing process; safety assessments for extractables and leachable, cross-over contamination of products at shared facilities and cleaning limits, and out of specification batches
• User safety support: Safety support for project teams (writes the documents, assembles various scenario calculations and risk mitigation proposals, packaging choice, label language)
• Perform toxicology gap analysis, data mining, QSAR analysis, read across and hazard exposure calculations
• Medical assessments supporting Pharmacovigilance and product quality
• Response to global regulatory queries

This position will be hired remotely; however, the candidate should be aware that eventual relocation to Kalamazoo may be considered for the position.

• Minimum skills

• PhD (or equivalent) plus at least 5 years of experience in toxicology and/ or related scientific discipline is critical. Master's degree in toxicology with 10 years of experience shall be considered.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing regulatory quality toxicology dossiers, and skills in technical writing (protocols, reports, journal articles)
• Experience in the study design, implementation, and interpretation of studies evaluating in vitro and in vivo toxicity or similar experience
• Excellent organizational and communication (verbal and written English) skills
• Ability to work and be effective in a demanding matrix environment of a global company with multiple competing priorities

• Advanced skills in MS office applications and experience in toxicology databases and literature searches
• Highly organized with superior attention to detail. Able to solve complex problems requiring thorough scientific assessment.

• Desirable skills, experience, attributes:

• Board certification in toxicology
• Knowledge of global regulatory requirements for the preparation of toxicology to support human food safety filings, and user safety assessments.
• Knowledge of medicinal chemistry and human and animal xenobiotic metabolism

Full time

Regular

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