Clinical Pharmacometrician

This is an opportunity for a talented and engaged individual to join AstraZeneca in Gothenburg and develop as a Clinical Pharmacometrician supporting projects within the therapy area of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism. This is a temporary assignment until September 2019. Within the Early Clinical Development function, we have a state-of-the-art quantitative clinical pharmacology group with a diverse and uniquely skilled team of clinical pharmacometricians in Gothenburg, where two of our key therapeutic areas are located. You’ll thrive in an environment that inspires innovation, encourages multidisciplinary team-working and collaboration with academia, and rewards original scientific thinking. If you are interested, apply now!

About the consulting assignment
Main duties and responsibilities:
Working closely with clinical pharmacology scientists, physicians and other scientists, you’ll apply modelling to support the design and interpretation of clinical studies and influence key decisions in early and late clinical development. The work includes integration of relevant data, such as dose information, pharmacokinetics, biomarkers and clinical endpoints within and across studies, compounds and development stages. Support to informative trial designs using simulations and efficient modeling statistics is an important focus area for us. In collaboration with clinical pharmacology scientists, you’ll represent Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology and be responsible for identifying and executing modelling to support model informed drug development. You will communicate your findings to other scientists within and outside of AstraZeneca and publish them in peer reviewed journals.

about you
Essential Requirements:
• Quantitative modelling skills, e.g. knowledge in mathematics and statistics applied to life sciences
• Background and an understanding of clinical pharmacology aspects of drug development
• Working knowledge of pharmacokinetics and its clinical application
• Biological understanding of disease and drug action
• Good oral and written communication skills

Desirable requirements:
• Recognised scientific expertise demonstrated by scientific publishing in the field of clinical pharmacology
• Early or late phase clinical development experience/awareness.
About AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca is a major international healthcare business engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of prescription pharmaceuticals and the supply of healthcare services. AstraZeneca is proud to offer a unique workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Co-workers are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.
Warmly welcome with you application!

Varaktighet 6 månader eller längre
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