Edward Iverson

Soft Gel Technician - Catalent Pharma Solutions

Rockaway, NJ 07866

ac2xda@r.postjobfree.com - 973-***-****

Technically skilled scientist with experience in the pharmaceutical and consumer product industry. I have strong technical skills with proven achievements in product formulation & development, scale-up, product evaluation and technology assessment (solids, liquids and semisolids). Demonstrated skills in on-site start- ups and clinical studies.

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

WORK EXPERIENCE

Soft Gel Technician

Catalent Pharma Solutions - Somerset, NJ - April 2009 to January 2017 Prepared gelatin mixtures for encapsulation.

Prepared active drug solutions.

Operate gelatin encapsulation machines.

Maintain and sign batch records.

Ran DEA batches and was DEA approved.

Senior Associate Scientist

McNeil Consumer Healthcare/Pfizer - Morris Plains, NJ - March 2006 to December 2007 New Product Development Department R&D

Responsibilities:

Formulation, process development, scale-up and trouble-shooting R&D processes.

• Formulated solid dose products from lab batches to scale-up batch sizes which included tablets, capsules, chewable and fast/orally dissolving tablets.

• Executed design of experiments to identify the cause and resolve issues encountered during formulation development.

• Effectively communicated the results of studies to management and other departments through one on one communication.

• Assisted with the launch of a line of Sudacare products packaged for on-the go travel or vacation trips.

• Assisted in the reformulation of Sudafed & Benadryl products containing pseudoephedrine to phenylephrine in the Cold & Cough and Non-Drying Sinus formulations of Sudafed.

• Performed physical tests on stability batches.

• Maintained documentation of batches in laboratory notebooks and data books. Senior Assistant Scientist

Pfizer Inc./ Warner Lambert Co - Morris Plains, NJ - September 1999 to March 2002 Clinical Manufacturing Dept.

(Centralized Raw Materials) Pharmaceutical R&D Sept 13, 1999- March 4, 2002 Responsibilities:

Weigh out raw material requests, receive and ship raw materials to meet production schedules. Maintain documentation of dispensed materials for clinical batches. Sample raw materials and enter data into sample manager on the computer.

• Enter dispensed raw materials into computer inventory system.

• Update SOP's for the dept.

• Assisted with the manufacture of clinical supplies for the product Resulin utilizing manufacturing skills and expertise with the 27mm hot melt extruder. Document manufacturing on clinical batch records.

• Provide audit responses during internal QA audits, and followed up on observations to improve operations. Senior Assistant Scientist/Assistant Scientist/Lab Technician Technology Development & Assessment Dept - April 1994 to September 1999 Responsibilities:

Formulation, process development, scale-up and trouble-shooting manufacturing processes. Assisted in the manufacture of clinical supplies.

• Maintained documentation in laboratory notebooks, data books and in clinical batch records.

• Experience in the following unit operations: Compression, extrusion, milling, blending and physical testing.

• Worked on unique delivery systems such as osmotic pump tablets and other modified release systems. Other departments that I worked in at Warner Lambert were: Liquids/Semisolids, Warner Chilcott Parenterals, Parke Davis Manufacturing (Chemical weighing, Packaging), General Diagnostics Manufacturing, Parke Davis Maintenance Dept.

EDUCATION

Dover High School - Dover, NJ

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