Ph.D. Organic Medicinal Chemist
Our continued expansion has resulted in the creation of additional, new positions for PhD Organic Medicinal Chemists at our South Plainfield, NJ research facility. Selected candidates will be responsible for the design and synthesis of novel pharmacologically active compounds using synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry techniques.
Requirements
*Recent completion/soon to be completed PhD in Organic Chemistry, or PhD in Organic Chemistry and post-doctoral position
*Thorough knowledge of the practical and theoretical aspects of synthetic organic chemistry, including reaction mechanisms, multi-step organic chemistry, familiarity with database searching techniques for relevant literature and reaction precedents, and including knowledge and experience with modern analytical techniques for compound purification and characterization.
*Demonstrated record of achievement as reflected by publications in peer-reviewed journals or presentations at chemistry focused conferences/events.
PTC Therapeutics, Inc., in South Plainfield, New Jersey
PTC is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of orally administered, proprietary small molecule drugs that target post-transcriptional control processes. Post-transcriptional control processes regulate the rate and timing of protein production and are essential to proper cellular function. PTC's internally discovered pipeline addresses multiple therapeutic areas, including rare disorders, oncology and infectious diseases. PTC has developed proprietary technologies that it applies in its drug discovery activities and in collaborations with leading biopharmaceutical companies. PTC has received conditional marketing authorization in the European Economic Area for Translarna for the treatment of nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy in ambulatory patients aged five years and older. Translarna is an investigational new drug in the United States. For more information on the company, please visit our website www.ptcbio.com
To apply to this and other PTC Therapeutics openings, please visit ptcbio.com/careers
