R&D Scientist — Compounding

About Us At The Pharmacy Hub , we collaborate with pharmaceutical brands, manufacturers, health brands, telemedicine providers, and healthcare companies to deliver essential products directly to patients. Our expertise allows us to seamlessly distribute pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other healthcare products to consumers, ensuring greater accessibility and convenience. About Us At The Pharmacy Hub, we collaborate with pharmaceutical brands, manufacturers, health brands, telemedicine providers, and healthcare companies to deliver essential products directly to patients. Our expertise allows us to seamlessly distribute pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other healthcare products to consumers, ensuring greater accessibility and convenience. Position Summary The Pharmacy Hub is looking for an R&D Scientist to join our in-house Research & Development team and drive the development, optimization, scale-up, and commercialization of compounded pharmaceutical formulations. This is a hands-on, lab-based role: you will design and run formulation and process trials across a wide range of dosage forms — ODTs, chewables, troches, oral films, capsules and tablets, creams and ointments, topical and transdermal formulations, solutions, sprays, gummies, and injectables — and take successful formulations from the bench through pilot and production scale. You will also troubleshoot existing formulations, support equipment evaluation and technology transfer, and produce the technical documentation that keeps our work compliant with GMP, 503A requirements, and USP <795>, <797>, and <800>. The role works closely with Production, Quality, Pharmacy, Procurement, and Operations. This position reports to the Head of R&D / R&D Manager. Core Responsibilities Formulation & Process Development (~50%) Conduct literature reviews to guide formulation approach, ingredient selection, and technical feasibility Design and execute formulation screening, optimization, and comparative studies, adjusting variables based on scientific rationale and real-time results Evaluate APIs, excipients, flavors, colors, and processing aids, including their chemical and physical properties Resolve formulation challenges such as poor flow, sticking/picking, friability, hardness, segregation, content uniformity, viscosity, stability, and appearance Perform organoleptic evaluation and finalize color and flavor systems Execute laboratory and pilot-scale compounding trials following approved procedures and protocols Develop and optimize processes including mixing, milling, homogenization, granulation, compression, filling, casting, drying, and molding Establish process parameters and operating ranges, identify process risks, and recommend controls Identify opportunities for new products, dosage forms, excipients, and manufacturing approaches, and contribute to innovation projects from concept through commercialization, including IP documentation where applicable Troubleshooting & Production Support (~20%) Partner with Production to investigate manufacturing issues — breakage, weight variability, content uniformity, mixing or homogenization problems, appearance changes, and yield losses — and implement technically justified corrective actions Participate in technical investigations, CAPA support, and process improvement Documentation, Technology Transfer & Project Tracking (~15%) Document every trial in real time in laboratory logbooks or batch records, and maintain complete R&D records for materials, equipment, and trials Prepare and review Master Formulation Records (MFRs) for accuracy, completeness, and compliance Transfer developed formulations and processes to Production, including MFRs, batch records, SOPs, work instructions, and process parameters Evaluate equipment capability, run equipment trials, and support scale-up from lab to pilot to production batches Track and report project status and support prioritization and timeline planning with the R&D Manager Ensure formulation and laboratory practices meet 503A requirements and USP <795>, <797>, and <800>; perform pre-operational inspections, clean and disinfect between tests, and properly store samples, prototypes, and pilot batches Analytical & Product Evaluation (~10%) Perform or coordinate testing including HPLC, water activity, pH, viscosity/rheology, particle size, disintegration/dissolution, mechanical strength, and weight variation Evaluate dosage-form performance — appearance, weight variation, mechanical strength, flow, dispersion, and dissolution/disintegration Coordinate external laboratory testing when required and interpret analytical results to assess formulation and process performance Cross-Functional, Supplier & Equipment Coordination (~5%) Collaborate with R&D, Production, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Pharmacy, Procurement, and Operations Support supplier assessment, evaluating quality, capability, and reliability of prospective vendors Work with equipment suppliers to evaluate new technologies and inform equipment selection Qualifications Required Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related field Minimum 3 years (3–5 years preferred) of hands-on experience in pharmaceutical formulation, compounding, product development, or process development Demonstrated experience designing and executing formulation studies, stability protocols, and compatibility evaluations Working knowledge of GMP principles and USP <795> (nonsterile), <797> (sterile), and <800> (hazardous drugs) Understanding of 503A compounding pharmacy regulatory requirements and how they apply to formulation development Familiarity with multiple dosage forms, such as tablets, capsules, creams, ODFs, sprays, topical semisolids, troches, ODTs, injections, and gummies Ability to run laboratory trials independently and accurately Strong technic