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Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.\nResponsibilities:\nExecute analytical methods for in-process control, release testing and stability monitoring of bulk drug substances and drug products under cGMP guidelines\nMaintain working knowledge of instrumentation, equipment, and scientific methodologies necessary to perform assigned tasks\nPerform assigned tasks carefully, safely and on schedule according to SOPs and supervisor instructions\nSets up various instrumentation for testing according to written test methods and with little to no supervision.\nResponsible for ensuring compliance with cGMP and other regulatory guidelines.\nAnalyze information for technical correctness and accuracy\nCompile, maintain, interpret and extrapolate data on results of analysis and communicate these results to supervisor\nPerform routine laboratory procedures in a timely and efficient manner\nGain familiarization with analytical 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