Sr Scientist II - Pharmaceutical Sciences

Alcon, Inc. is the world's leading eye care company with sales of $6.3 billion in 2008. The company's nearly 15,000 employees worldwide, work in 75 facilities around the world to research, develop, manufacture and sell eye care products in more than 180 countries. Alcon is the largest specialty eye care company in the world and leads the growing $14.5 billion market for eye care products. Alcon has delivered strong and stable growth for more than 60 years, and it is positioned to build on this record in the years to come. For 11 consecutive years, Fortune magazine has selected Alcon as "One of the 100 Best Companies to Work For". Alcon's U.S. Headquarters are at its 300-acre campus in Fort Worth, Texas. For more information on Alcon, Inc., visit the Company's web site at www.alcon.com

* Conducts exploratory research to produce new knowledge and potential products; conceives, organizes, promotes, and executes ideas and plans to increase chemistry's role in and contribution to the discovery and chemical approaches to meet exploratory objectives in product discovery.



* Develops research proposals to provide a technically and economically sound basis for developing and evaluating new or improved products, synthetic methods, processes, and analytical and physical testing techniques.



* Recommends utilization of the results or changes in the scope of work or termination of projects.



* Conduct formulation research activities including candidate formulation development on assigned projects and programs.



* Plan and conducts experiments to desgin and develop stable, comfortable, efficacious and globally preserved formulations.



* Conduct solubility, stability, excipient, preservation and packaging compatibility studies for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients



* Utilize routine and non routine instrumental methods to identify superior formulation, and investigate formulation issues



* Comply with corporate policies and procedures, and regulatory guidelines



* Prepare Technical Reports summarizing formulation studies



* Conducts exploratory research for developing new ophthalmic, nasal, and otic products; conceives, organizes, promotes, and executes ideas and plans to increase formulation's role in and contribution to the market approval.



* Develops research proposals to provide a technically and economically sound basis for developing and evaluating new or improved products.



* Conduct formulation research to improve solubility, stability, bioavailability, comfort, efficacy, and toxicity for drug molecules



* Develop ophthalmic, nasal, and otic formulations with added value for marketable product.



Minimum Education Requirements and Experience Requirements:





* Doctorate degree within the scientific/technical discipline and 1-3 years of applicable experience



* Masters degree within the scientific/technical discipline and 6-7 years of applicable experience



* Bachelors degree within the scientific/technical discipline and 10 years of applicable experience



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Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to quality through diversity. M/F/D/V. Pre-employment drug testing.

Our generous benefits package includes the Alcon 401(k) Plan which matches employee contributions up to 5% of eligible pay at the rate of $1.00 for each dollar contributed, and the Alcon Retirement Plan (ARP), a qualified plan in which Alcon contributes 7% of eligible pay to the accounts of all eligible employees. By combining the Company's contributions to the 401(k) and ARP, employees can receive up to 12% of eligible pay from Alcon towards retirement. Alcon also offers medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, an on-site fitness center and much more. Consider having all this in a fast paced environment within a stable world-class organization.