Medicinal Chemist
CK Group are recruiting for a talented and motivated Medicinal Chemist, with a strong academic background in organic chemistry to join a growing Biopharmaceutical company at their site near Hitchin (Hertfordshire) on a permanent basis. This role is offered with a competitive salary with excellent benefits (share options, pension, private healthcare, bonus structure and subsidised restaurant, shop). An exciting time to join an growing company, with further expansion throughout 2022.
The Company: Actively involved in developing the next generation of cancer drugs. This company has a focused approach creating a major opportunity to bring differentiating products for solid cancers into clinical development.
Location: This role is located in Stevenage, easily commutable from both Cambridge and London.
Working in the Bioconjugate team, your responsibilities include:
- Plan and perform multistep organic synthesis to produce small molecule cytotoxins with a variety of linkers andprotein reactive functional groups to enable the successful preparation of Antibody drug conjugates.
- Purification and characterisation of intermediates and final products using chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques including HPLC and NMR- To develop, validate and use analytical methods to study small molecules
Your Background:
- PhD in a relevant area (organic chemistry or chemistry) or at least 3-years post-graduate experience in place of the PhD.
- Experience in using small-molecule LCMS including both method development and maintenance
- Expertise in automated flash chromatography and using HPLC to characterise and assess purity
- Ability to carry out micro-scale synthetic organic chemistry
Apply: It is essentialthat applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 53743 in all correspondence.