# Pfizer UK Undergraduate Programme 2027/2028 - Peptide Drug Development Undergraduate

**Company**: Pfizer UK
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Research
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

As a chemistry undergraduate, you will join a small team of formulation scientists and analytical chemists responsible for advancing peptide drug candidates.

You will work with an experienced scientist who will provide day-to-day guidance, with the aim of enabling you to contribute with a decreasing level of supervision as your experience and independence increases.

During your year with us in Peptide Drug Discovery & Development, you will:

- Contribute to the formulation development of synthetic peptide drug candidates, including preparing and evaluating formulations and assessing the impact of pH, buffers and excipients on solubility and stability.

- Gain an appreciation of accepted practices, including good documentation practice and quality standards, to ensure safe, compliant and productive working in the laboratory.

- Attain a working knowledge of state-of-the-art analytical techniques used to characterise peptides, including hands-on high/ultra-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC/UPLC), and biophysical methods for assessing aggregation and physical stability.

- Set up and monitor solubility screening studies on peptide candidates.

- Set up, monitor and analyse stability studies on peptide candidates, and gain an understanding of common peptide degradation pathways (e.g. oxidation, deamidation, hydrolysis and aggregation) and how they are controlled.

- Increase your knowledge of both practical and theoretical aspects of peptide chemistry, pharmaceutics and the drug development process.

- Potentially have the opportunity to use a range of automated and high-throughput equipment for formulation screening and sample analysis to help improve your efficiency.

- Be trained and expected to run in vitro potency assays for biologics.

- Become familiar with searching scientific literature and internal databases to design and plan experiments and interpret data.

- Gain experience of working as a lab member in a research team, contributing to general operational and routine tasks.

- Participate in team meetings, scientific discussions, and technical training to build your knowledge, communication skills and professional network.

Pfizer offers various benefits, including:

- Professional mentorship: Build your network and learn from scientific experts across Pfizer's Global Research & Development organisation.

- Volunteering: Use up to 5 days of paid volunteering leave per year to support a cause that matters to you.

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## Skills

### Required
- chemistry
- biochemistry
- laboratory work
- analytical techniques
- peptide chemistry
- pharmaceutics

### Nice to have
- AI literacy
- excellent verbal and written communication skills
- team-focused approach

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