NorthWest Biotherapeutics Inc (NWBO)

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I found this job offer from 9 days ago. Could it be for Advent Bioservices???

GMP Production Scientist – Cell Therapy- London / Cambridge

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a GMP Production Scientist to join an emerging contract bioservices company. As an organisation they provide innovative GMP manufacturing services and process development for novel cell and gene therapy products.

The role will initially be based at their site in London and will move to South Cambridge in the latter part of the year, as they are opening a brand new state of the art manufacturing facility there.


Reporting into the GMP Production Manager the GMP Production Scientist will be responsible for performing batch manufacturing of the company’s contract manufacturing products to support the delivery of Advanced Therapeutic Medicinal Products (ATMPs) as both Specials and as Investigational Medicinal Products.

Responsibilities:

*GMP production within sterile environments, formulation and banking of cellular therapy products. This will include cell culture and raw material support in compliance with validated standard operating procedures (SOPs) and regulatory requirements

*Perform and assist in the development of QC assays as part of product release, including use of flow cytometry, ELISA and ELISPOT assays, microscopy techniques, cell culture, SDS electrophoresis

*Preparing technical reports and other clinical and GMP required documentation.
*Support in process engineering and validation of cellular therapy products for successful technology transfer into the facilities with full GMP compliance

*Plan and undertake validation of new production equipment.

*Undertake daily GMP production housekeeping activities and administration.

*Assist in the labelling, packaging, storage and shipping of cellular therapy products.

Key requirements:

-BSc or MSc in a relevant scientific subject
-A minimum of 2 years’ experience in the aseptic manufacture of cellular therapies in a clean room environment
-Working knowledge of GMP for the manufacture of ATMPS
-Experience of cell culture techniques
-Additional experience of viral vector production, purification and gene therapy manufacture would be regarded but is not essential

https://www.pararecruit.com/jobs/gmp-production-scientist-cell-therapy-london-cambridge/

This is from LinkedIn (old news):

Advent Bioservices are a contract bioservices organisation providing GMP manufacturing services for a variety of ATMPs and related products, process development (PD) and ancillary services.
Advent’s head office is in London, we have lab facilities at the Royal Free Hospital Centre for Cell, Gene and Tissue Therapeutics and
a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in South Cambridgeshire. Phase 1 of the new facility in Cambridgeshire, is due to be licensed and operational from Q1 2018 and includes two completed suites (185m2 i.a. each) comprising B, C and PD/QC labs, offices and storage space. The facility has infrastructure in situ and capacity for 7,566m2 additional development.
https://nl.linkedin.com/company/advent-bioservices