Toxicology Positions

The Leyden Group associates have been engaged by a leading specialty chemical company to identify the person who will be responsible for safety assessment and regulatory compliance pertaining to personal care product ingredients.

The person hired for this position will conduct toxicologic assessments of new and existing ingredients, prepare SDS’s and related product safety documents, and contribute to ensure that the company’s products are compliant with global inventory requirements (TSCA, MoCRA and Europe/Asia equivalent standards. They will also advise R&D colleagues on the safety and approvability of new ingredients.

The company is, ideally, seeking a person with a toxicology or adjacent degree and proven experience in chemical safety assessment. Specific experience with personal care ingredients and formulations is preferred.

The person hired will work for a VP of R&D and, preferrably work from the company’s headquarters in Philadelphia.

Our client is an established, publicly traded pharma company located in the Greater Boston area. As a result of their growth, they seek an experienced toxicologist. A doctoral degree and at least ten years of small molecule toxicology experience is needed. They are agnostic about therapeutic targets, with some preference for immunologic drugs.

The person hired for this role will be involved in a broad array of activities to include significant participation as a strategic project team professional (on several assets), regulatory interaction to include preclinical report writing, study design and management, etc. at both discovery and development phase stages.

The position reports to a VP leader and will be hired with a succession opportunity. The company operates in a hybrid office environment and is not supporting a remote arrangement.

Our client is a small pharmaceutical company, which is very closely tied to a life sciences venture capital firm. In the last few years, this company has launched five spinoffs which have drug candidates in clinical phase development.

The company is evolving from the use of toxicology consultants; and has entrusted us to identify their first Toxicology Leader (AD, Director or Senior Director level). Qualified candidates will have an advanced degree, five or more years of experience and deep knowledge of large molecule safety assessment. The company primarily develops therapeutics for immunology and inflammation targets.

The person hired for this role will need to be willing to perform all the common tasks of a pharmaceutical toxicologist (project team participation, CRO selection and study design/management and interactions with the FDA and peer regulatory agencies), with no initial supervision. The role is US remote embraced and reports to the company’s VP Translational Research/Preclinical Sciences.

Our client company is a California based pharmaceutical company which is a recognized leader in novel therapeutic (RNA biology) development. They have engaged our services to identify and experienced toxicologic pathologist.

Baseline experience and credentials include ACVP Board certification and DVM and PhD degrees. The ideal candidate will have five or more years of toxicologic pathology experience, ideally in a drug development setting. Experience in digital pathology tools is desired.

The person hired for this role will act as an Anatomic Pathologist, supporting IND enabling toxicology studies across multiple species. He/She will, more broadly, contribute to preclinical strategy toward advancement of the company’s drug portfolio. The position will be onsite in the greater San Diego area and reports to a Senior Director of Pathology.