Preclinical Researcher for Neuroscience Drug Discovery

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Job Description

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Objective / Purpose:

• Engages in preclinical drug discovery activities for diseases in Neuroscience area, specifically neurodegenerative and rare neurological diseases, under the direct supervision from the Associate Director.

• Leads or participates in cross-functional drug discovery research projects as a biological research representative and selects clinical drug candidates  

• Develops or introduces cutting-edge technologies to enhance scientific expertise of Neuroscience DDU.

Accountabilities:

• Explores and identifies potential drug targets for neuroscience diseases, particularly neurodegenerative diseases and rare neurological diseases.

• Establishes and performs in vitro assays for screening of drug candidate compounds.

• Performs in vitro evaluation for validation of hit compounds using genes, cells, proteins, viruses, etc. to elucidate the mechanism of action.

• Establishes and conducts in vivo pharmacological evaluations in animals such as mice, rats, and monkeys to optimize candidate compounds.

• Ensures reliability of data by using reproducible experimental techniques and appropriate data analysis methods.

• Leads or participates in cross-functional drug discovery research projects as a biological research representative, working with internal partners (GC, DSRE, DMPK, PS, TAU, etc.) to select clinical drug candidates.
• Develops or introduces cutting-edge technologies and methods for drug discovery in the Neuroscience field.

Education & Competencies (Technical and Behavioral):

• Has an M.S. equivalent in relevant fields such as pharmaceutical science or science and has at least 3 years of industry experience in the field of drug discovery as a pharmacologist or biologist. Or has a medical degree and has at least 3 years of research experience in academia or industry.

• Has highly knowledgeable in pharmacology or biology in Neuroscience drug discovery and ability to produce high-quality and reproducible data.

• Has general knowledge of the drug discovery process from target identification to clinical candidate selection.

• Has an ability to develop unique strategies and author/publish research papers with higher impact.

• Has excellent business skills and manners such as logical thinking, strategy planning, self-management, etc.

• Has good writing, verbal communication, and presentation skills in Japanese and English.

• Has an open mind-set willing to learn and reach out to innovative science.

• Takes initiatives and provides opinions to achieve goals of the team.

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Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary:

• Allowances: Commutation, Housing, Overtime Work etc.

• Salary Increase: Annually, Bonus Payment: Twice a year

• Working Hours: Headquarters (Osaka/ Tokyo) 9:00-17:30, Production Sites (Osaka/ Yamaguchi) 8:00-16:45, (Narita) 8:30-17:15, Research Site (Kanagawa) 9:00-17:45

• Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, May Day, Year-End Holidays etc. (approx. 123 days in a year)

• Paid Leaves: Annual Paid Leave, Special Paid Leave, Sick Leave, Family Support Leave, Maternity Leave, Childcare Leave, Family Nursing Leave.

• Flexible Work Styles: Flextime, Telework

• Benefits: Social Insurance, Retirement and Corporate Pension, Employee Stock Ownership Program, etc.

Important Notice concerning working conditions:

• It is possible the job scope may change at the company’s discretion.

• It is possible the department and workplace may change at the company’s discretion.

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