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Company Description About AbbVie AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube. Job Description Position Description: The incumbent in this role will support the formulation development of protein biologics from early development (pre-clinical/First-In-Human candidates) through commercialization, with a specific focus on highly-potent-compounds for therapeutics and aesthetic use. This position requires laboratory work in areas requiring select agents and highly-potent-compound access (i.e., Biosafety level 2 laboratories). Access to and use of select agents is regulated by federal policies. Therefore, the candidate must conduct all work activities in compliance with AbbVie internal and applicable regulatory requirements. AbbVie internal requirements include compliance with ethics, environmental health and safety, financial, human resources, and general business policies, requirements, and objectives. Responsibilities Execute formulation composition and drug product process development studies for sterile liquids, lyophilized, and pre-filled dosage forms. Manufacture drug product formulation batches for evaluating formulation stability and/or to support animal studies. Conduct clinical in-use studies to guide dose solution administration. Analyze data, interpret results and draw conclusions from multistage experiments; note significant deviations and propose relevant new experiments accordingly. Generate high-quality data based on sound scientific understanding and prepare formulation data summaries, technical reports, and scientific presentations. Support functional technical initiatives by investigating and developing novel experimental approaches and/or technologies in the field of drug product development. Maintain oversight of day-to-day laboratory activities; manage inventory of raw materials and drug product packaging and manufacturing supplies; coordinate ordering, shipping, and receiving. Qualifications Associate Scientist I: Bachelors degree in chemical engineering, biochemistry, pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent, with 03 years of relevant experience. Associate Scientist II: Bachelors degree in chemical engineering, biochemistry, pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent, with 3-5 years of relevant experience. Experience in handling select agent and highly-potent-compounds is highly preferred. Prior experience with drug product manufacturing processes and lyophilization is required. Experience in CMC development, with a preference for protein formulation, drug delivery, or analytical functions. Candidates must demonstrate the technical ability to execute and troubleshoot experiments using rational and critical thinking. Must be highly organized and detail oriented. Hands-on experience with analytical techniques used in protein characterization and stability studies, such as HPLC, spectroscopy, HIAC, DLS, ELISA, and Karl Fischer, is preferred. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required. A strong willingness to learn and apply new scientific techniques. Additional Information Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law: The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographiclocation,andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees. This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms. Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains