Welcome to Next Phase Recruitment! Please see below our current jobs that match your search criteria. For a broader job search please visit the home page or call us on 01403 216216 to discuss career options in other areas of Life Science and Technology.
Welcome to Next Phase Recruitment! Please use the above link to see our current jobs that match your search criteria. For a broader job search please visit the home page or call us on 01403 216216 to discuss career options in other areas of Life Science and Technology.
Formulations Chemist
Formulations Chemists develop and refine pharmaceutical formulations to optimize drug performance, delivery, and patient compliance. They work closely with analytical chemists and process engineers to translate R&D concepts into viable drug products.
Primary responsibilities:
Developing dosage forms – Including tablets, liquids, suspensions, and controlled-release formulations.
Performing compatibility studies – Evaluating excipients and APIs to ensure physical and chemical stability.
Supporting tech transfer and scale-up – Collaborating with manufacturing to ensure formulation reproducibility under GMP.
Maintaining regulatory-compliant documentation – Preparing development reports and contributing to CTD submissions.
Conducting process optimization studies – Using DoE and QbD principles to refine formulation parameters.
Candidates typically hold degrees in pharmaceutical sciences or chemistry and have hands-on experience with formulation tools and GMP practices.
Cambridge
Cambridge is a picturesque university city on the River Cam in Cambridgeshire approximately 50 miles north east of London and within commutable reach of Bedford, Newmarket and Peterborough. Transport links are excellent as the city is close to the M11 and A14. Cambridge station is less than an hour from London King's Cross. The University of Cambridge, founded in 1209, comprises 31 colleges and regularly ranks as one of the top five universities in the world. The university is closely linked with the development of the high-tech business cluster known as "Silicon Fen" which is home to numerous software and Bioscience start-ups and to Cambridge Biomedical Campus, one of the largest Biomedical research clusters in the world. With its stunning architecture, galleries and museums and lovely riverside setting, the city is a very popular tourist destination.
Famous people born in Cambridge: Richard Attenborough, actor and director, Douglas Adams, writer (author of The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy).
Cambridge is a major site for biotechnology, rare disease, ATMP, cell therapy, gene therapy and pharmaceutical development. It houses a number of university spin-out businesses, start-up biotechs and other organisations attracting seed investment. If you are looking for career opportunities in life sciences within the Cambridge area, call the Next Phase Recruitment team on 01403 216216.
