R&D Formulation Specialist

Medisca is a global company leveraging strong partnerships to serve healthcare professionals across diverse wellness disciplines. Offering extensive and essential solutions - including pharmaceutical ingredients and service, mixing technology manufacturing, analytical testing, and education – Medisca is bridging the gaps in healthcare with an unwavering commitment to precision, innovation, and societal impact.

The R&D Formulation Specialist will play a key role in the development and delivery of high quality, innovative formulations that meet both technical and market expectations. The role supports the full product lifecycle, from ideation to formulation development, material selection, specification and testing criteria, documentation, and production partner interface. In addition, this position provides ongoing support to pharmacists, quality, technical services, education and training efforts across the product line.

The opportunity:

New Product Development

• Generate new ideas that lead to innovative and proprietary product by applying scientific and technical competence and monitoring emerging pharmaceutical trends in personalized medicine
• Lead or support formulation/reformulation projects from concept through to product launch
• Conduct literature reviews, market research and monitor emerging technologies relevant to compounding and adjacent industries
• Perform product testing to assess and identify product improvement and innovation opportunities
• Conduct preliminary intellectual property and patent landscape assessments
• Collaborate with external partners on potential co-development projects, including drug delivery vehicles and compounded preparations
• Collaborate with raw material vendors and assist with expediting sourcing of raw materials for new, existing, or reformulated products when necessary

Technology Transfer

• Partner with process engineers to help scale formulations from lab to pilot and commercial batch
• Participate in on-site production trials and provide technical support during manufacturing scale-up
• Assist in evaluating and qualifying contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs)
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation for Master Product Files, including chemical compositions, master batch records, packaging components, release specifications, raw material COAs, etc.

Technical and Quality Support

• Collaborate with Operations, Quality, Regulatory and Compliance teams to resolve product-related technical inquiries
• Maintain GMP-compliant documentation and provide quality control support across product lines
• Assist in investigations for OOS results and customer complaints
• Contribute to training efforts and the development of product education materials
• Provide internal and customer-facing R&D technical/troubleshooting support, including formulation guidance

Administrative and Project Management

• Maintain accurate formulation records, testing data, samples and raw material files in accordance with ISO 9001 and product development SOPs
• Develop and manage project plans with defined timelines, deliverables and milestones
• Provide product substantiation reports and scientific rationales as required
• Collaborate with Product Management to ensure alignment of R&D development with commercial strategy
• Contribute to the creation and review of product collateral, such as labels, product briefs, technical datasheets and promotional content
• Support the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) annual claim process

Additional Duties

• Participate in cross-functional meetings, technical reviews and project updates
• Attend industry seminars, conferences and vendor meetings as needed
• Perform additional duties as assigned, aligned with department and company priorities

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or higher in a Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in formulation development, preferably in pharmaceuticals or compounding with demonstrated experience across a range of dosage forms and delivery technologies
• Strong regulatory knowledge and understanding of GMP, USP, NAPRA, FDA, DEA, Health Canada, TGA, ISO and ICH guidelines
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Word, Outlook, Teams and Excel) required
• Excellent communication skills with ability to convey technical information clearly and concisely; English and French (verbal & written) required. English is required
• as Contract Manufacturers, laboratories, universities are located in the United States and in Canada.
• Demonstrated project management, document control, organizational, administrative and collaborative skills
• Proven problem-solving, Quality by Design (QbD) thinking, process-driven, attention to detail, and team oriented

Travel: Occasional to visit CMOs and/or tradeshows

What’s in it for you…

We invest time and resources into making sure Medisca is as good as the people we hire.

• Work/Life Balance - 37.50 hour workweek with early Fridays all year long, PTO and vacation policy
• Invest in your health – Choice of modular plans, health spending account and free Telemedicine
• Flexible work environment – Hybrid work schedule with home office reimbursement program
• Your Future is Bright – Opportunities to learn and grow within Medisca
• Save for your Future – Medisca contributes to a deferred profit sharing plan (DPSP) when you invest in RRSPs
• Help us grow – Employee Referral Program
• We like to have fun – company events throughout the year

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates to be interviewed will be contacted.

We are an equal opportunity employer.