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We Are Teva

We’re Teva, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world-class generics business. Whether it’s innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology or delivering high-quality medicine worldwide, we’re dedicated to addressing patients’ needs now and in the future. Here, you will be part of a high-performing, inclusive culture that values fresh thinking and collaboration. You'll have the room to grow, the flexibility to balance life with work, and the opportunity to better health worldwide, together.

Our Team, Your Impact

We are seeking a motivated, hands-on Analytical Scientist to join the Analytical Research & Development team. The successful candidate will support analytical characterization and dissolution testing of oral solid dosage forms and related drug substances. This early-career role is well suited to an individual who enjoys laboratory work, demonstrates scientific curiosity, and can contribute to method development, experimental execution, data analysis, and technical documentation under appropriate scientific guidance. Activities may include both development and regulated laboratory work and will be performed in accordance with applicable procedures, cGMP requirements, data-integrity principles, and environmental, health, and safety standards.

How You’ll Spend Your Day

• Perform dissolution testing and analytical characterization of drug substances and drug products, with emphasis on oral solid dosage forms.
• Execute dissolution and related analytical method-development, optimization, feasibility, and troubleshooting studies using approved study plans or protocols, as applicable.
• Conduct analytical testing using HPLC, UV-Vis spectroscopy, dissolution instrumentation, and other relevant laboratory technologies.
• Execute laboratory experiments under appropriate scientific guidance and evaluate the effects of formulation, material, and manufacturing-process variables on product performance.
• Analyze, interpret, trend, and summarize experimental data; prepare clear tables, figures, presentations, and basic scientifically justified conclusions.
• Maintain complete, accurate, attributable, and contemporaneous laboratory records, including notebooks, worksheets, electronic data, and supporting documentation.
• Support data review and the investigation and resolution of method, instrument, or testing issues; document observations and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Perform routine instrument checks and support instrument maintenance, as assigned.
• Conduct laboratory work safely and in accordance with applicable procedures, cGMP requirements, data-integrity principles, and environmental, health, and safety standards.
• Develop proficiency in relevant scientific principles, analytical techniques, laboratory software, and regulatory expectations through training and practical application.

Your Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in chemistry, biochemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, or a related scientific discipline.
• Bachelor’s degree with at least three (3) years of relevant pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical experience, or a master’s degree with relevant laboratory experience.
• Foundational knowledge of analytical chemistry, pharmaceutical analysis, and basic principles relevant to oral solid dosage forms.
• Ability to analyze and interpret experimental data, identify trends, and communicate scientifically sound conclusions.
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple laboratory activities, work independently within assigned responsibilities, and collaborate effectively in a team environment.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail, scientific accuracy, and documentation quality.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Also Good to Have

• Hands-on experience with dissolution testing using USP Apparatus I, II, III, or IV.
• Experience with fiber-optic dissolution, HPLC, UV-Vis spectroscopy, or related analytical instrumentation.
• Familiarity with USP dissolution principles, chromatography data systems, dissolution software, electronic laboratory notebooks, or other laboratory data systems.

How We’ll Take Care of You

We offer a competitive benefits package, including:

• Comprehensive Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage starting on the first day of employment, providing the employee enrolls.
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) with employer match, up to 6% and an annual 3.75% Defined Contribution to the 401k plan.
• Time Off: Paid Time Off including vacation, sick/safe time, caretaker time and holidays.
• Life and Disability Protection: Company paid Life and Disability insurance.
• Additional benefits include, but are not limited to, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Tuition Assistance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, Life Style Spending Account, Volunteer Time Off, Paid Parental Leave, if eligible, Family Building Benefits, Virtual Physical Therapy, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurances, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Plan, Voluntary Life Insurance and Long Term Disability and more.

The total compensation may also include restricted stock units and discretionary awards, depending on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

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Teva Pharmaceuticals is committed to equal opportunity in employment. It is Teva's policy that equal employment opportunity be provided without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, military status or status as a disabled or protected veteran, or any legally recognized status entitled to protection under applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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