Novo Nordisk

Principal Scientist, PKPD

Novo Nordisk

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Måløv • 🇩🇰 Denmark

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Involved in tasks related to PK and PKPD assessment, modelling and animal to human translation
  • Support interdisciplinary project teams across the value chain from early research through clinical development
  • Set direction and drive execution of translational PK and PK/PD screening strategy
  • Design preclinical PK and PK/PD studies, interpreting and reporting data
  • Build mathematical models and perform simulations of human PK and PD
  • Guide projects within preclinical study design, toxicity studies, and first in human clinical dose setting
  • Interact with regulatory authorities, providing input to regulatory documents
  • Solve unique and complex problems impacting business

Requirements

  • Ph.D. within Pharmaceuticals, Medical, Physics, Math or Engineering sciences, or equivalent pharmaceutical industry experience
  • 5+ years of relevant experience (post PhD) within the pharmaceutical/biotech industry
  • Strong understanding of PKPD and potentially also PBPK theory
  • Experience in modelling biological and/or other natural processes using mechanistic and/or a combination of mechanistic & empirical models
  • Solid experience with and understanding of pharmacokinetics and modelling software (e.g. Phoenix WinNonlin/NLME, NONMEM or equivalent)
  • Experience in managing external service providers is an advantage
  • General digital literacy across generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT and CoPilot is preferred
Benefits
  • Knowledge-sharing
  • Collaboration
  • Supportive environment
  • Professional development

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
PK assessmentPKPD assessmentmodellinganimal to human translationpreclinical study designtoxicity studiesmathematical modelssimulationspharmacokineticsmodelling biological processes
Soft skills
problem solvinginterdisciplinary collaborationcommunicationproject management
Certifications
Ph.D. in PharmaceuticalsPh.D. in Medical SciencesPh.D. in PhysicsPh.D. in MathPh.D. in Engineering