Cédric Schaefer

Analytical Scientist in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Brussels Metropolitan Area

About

Analytical scientist in the pharmaceutical industry with over 10 years of experience. Personal skills: • Ability to work independently as well as within an interdisciplinary team: R&D, pilot, manufacturing, QC, QA, RA, statistics and IT departments. • Project management: planning, coordination, KPI analysis, standards establishment. • Adequate knowledge on report making, presentation, project proposal and preparation of manuscript. • Computer literate: MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, bibliography manager. Scientific skills: • Development, validation, transfer and life cycle management of analytical methods according to the Quality by Design (QbD) framework. • Process Analytical Technology (PAT) for monitoring and control of DS and DP manufacturing (batch and continuous). • Spectroscopic techniques: IR, NIR, Raman. • Chromatographic techniques (HPLC, UHPLC, GC, SFC) and hyphenated techniques to mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS, SFC-MS/MS, GC-MS) for quantification of API and impurities. • Management of supportive and commercial stability studies. • Chemometrics: multivariate data analysis (PCA, PLS,...), signal processing, design of experiments (DoE), method validation and transfer, process comparability, control charts, shelf-life determination, and specification establishment. • Deep understanding of pharmaceutical concepts and regulatory requirements: GMP, GLP, USP, Ph. Eur., EMA, FDA & ICH guidelines. • Programming (Matlab, VBA/VB), deep knowledge of software for statistics (Unscrambler, Simca, PLS Toolbox, JMP), for PAT (SIPAT, FTSW100) and for chromatography & MS (Empower, ChemStation, Analyst). • Technologies watch (publication & patent).

Experience

  • Senior Analytical Scientist at UCB
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Advanced consultant - QbD/PAT Scientist at Capgemini Engineering
    Jan 2021 - Mar 2024 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    - Development, validation, transfer and life cycle management of fit-for-purpose PAT/spectroscopic methods according to QbD principles for DS and DP.​ - Support of process development by collection of real-time and in-process measurements.​ - Control of manufacturing process and method transfer to QC, IPC lab and manufacturing departments.​ - Data analysis and processing using advanced statistical tools.​ - Automation of data workflow according to data integrity.​ - Writing and reviewing of scientific reports and quality documentation.​ - Active participation to project and scientific meetings.​ - Follow-up of scientific literature and implementation of state-of-the-art analytical methods. - Coordination and support for CMC submission (analytical part) of therapeutic peptides (characterization, stability studies DS & DP,..).

  • Consultant - QbD/PAT Scientist at Altran
    May 2019 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

    - Development, validation, transfer and life cycle management of fit-for-purpose PAT/spectroscopic methods according to QbD principles for DS and DP.​ - Support of process development by collection of real-time and in-process measurements.​ - Control of manufacturing process and method transfer to QC, IPC lab and manufacturing departments.​ - Data analysis and processing using advanced statistical tools.​ - Automation of data workflow according to data integrity.​ - Writing and reviewing of scientific reports and quality documentation.​ - Active participation to project and scientific meetings.​ - Follow-up of scientific literature and implementation of state-of-the-art analytical methods.

  • Altran (Full-time · 3 yrs 4 mos)
    • Consultant - QC Product Coordinator
      Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr

      Management of the analytical method lifecycle and the stability studies for a marketed vaccines.

    • Consultant - Analytical Project Manager
      Aug 2016 - Dec 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Management of the analytical method lifecycle and the stability studies for a marketed bioproduct.

    • Consultant - QC Specialist Stability
      Sep 2015 - Aug 2016 · 1 yr

      Stability processes improvement for vaccines.

  • UCB (Belgium)
    • Post-doctoral Scientist
      Jan 2013 - Dec 2014 · 2 yrs

      Development of an analytical platform for the analysis of metabolites in cell culture (spent)media using LC-MS/MS, SFC-MS/MS and GC-MS.

    • Ph.D. Student
      Jan 2010 - Dec 2012 · 3 yrs

      Development, validation and implementation of a Process Analytical Technology (PAT) approach involving near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to control the manufacturing of an active pharmaceutical ingredient.