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Fort Worth, Texas, US

Fort Worth, Texas, US

Fort Worth, Texas, US

Responsible for supervising QC Scientists.Responsible for fostering the overall training and development of Quality Control Scientists.Generates reviews and approves Certificates of Analysis, specification, SOP’s, test methods, incident reports,deviations, investigations and change controls.Generates, reviews and approves validation and stability protocols.

Fort Worth, Texas, US

Samples raw materials as per specifications.Performs routine QC testing, including HPLC and GC Analysis for raw materials, intermediates, stability testing and product release.Performs analytical method development and validation. Performs method troubleshooting as required.Generates SOPs, test methods, deviations, investigations, change controls and.

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

Managed day-to-day operations of Quality Control group, including recruitment of new personnel, training and retention of team members. Maintains accurate and current records for all work activities.Managed and scheduled in-process component and final product testing to support the Manufacturing schedule.Prioritized inspection and testing of incoming.

Vancouver, BC, CA

Responsible for developing, upgrading and qualifying/validating analytical methods in support of pre-clinical and clinical drugs.Developed and successfully qualified GC Headspace methods for residual solvents for various drug substances, using the Agilent GC 6890 with headspace autosampler 7694.Developed HPLC methods to provide analytical support to.

Vancouver, BC, CA

Maintained and validated the Labware LIMS system for current and future use.Analyzed raw materials, bulk intermediate/finished products, and stability samples according to established protocols/procedures using various methods and instrumentation including Waters HPLC, Agilent GC, Karl Fischer titration, Malvern Zetasizer etc.Acted as a designate to the.

Vancouver, BC, CA

Performed release and stability GMP testing on commercial product(s) in a timely manner.Played a major role in implementing and validating a particle size testing method for Verteporfin for Injection (Visudyne) using the Malvern Zetasizer 3000HS.

Performed accelerated stability testing, using HPLC (HP 1100 & Varian units), spectrophotometer, dissolution and wet chemistry.Reviewed pilot scale manufacturing batch records.Aided with formulation work.Maintained and order lab reagent and supplies.Worked well within GMP guidelines.

Extracted vitamins A through E, cholesterol and total sugars from foods and beverages for GC and HPLC analysis.Operated and performed manual injections on GC and HPLC instruments.Trained other technicians in various sample preparations.Worked within ISO 9002 guidelines, as well as communicated with department heads and co-workers.

Ran the Agilent 5890 GC to identify microorganisms using MIDI Microbial Identification System (MIS) software.Performed validation testing on purified water for injection system, steam and dry heat sterilization ovens.Assisted in environmental monitoring of various departments, which involved taking surface and air samples, followed up by plate counts.

Bsc, Biology

Dec, Science