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Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
Company: Tranpharma Medical
Experience: Executive
Highest Level of Education: MBA



Job Responsibilities
Major esponsibilities are to establish quality systems for the device part and for drug clinical supplies. Since we are a start up company Iam involved in the clinical studies, in the production and release of clinical supplies. As in most sturt up I will contribute in every field that it looks that need orgenizing. Time 50% clinical , the 25% QA ,mainly focusing on design control.25% regulatory,preparation the device for obtaining CE mark in europe
Job Requirements
Igoy PHD IN BIOCHEMISTRY, post doc in NIH,got a sinior lecturer degree in university and than left to the Industry. Their was need regulatory person and QA and by the aid of an experience consultor Ilearned the proffesion. I non something that you can learn it at school ,one must got experienced
Uppers
That Iam involved in a lot of field and can influence the company directions.That Iam continuing learing all the time and also invoved in the development.In general, QA is improving, lot of interactions with all the departments so by beeing exposed to every thing that is going on you one gets a lot of knowkedge
Downers
Alot of pressure if you are invoved with production, always their is a debate how much QA, TO RELEASE OR NOT A BATCH,a lot of money is involved in such a decision and of course the CEO pessure to release lots that are out of spec. Sometime to be the policeman pf the company
Lifestyle
Work hours are very long, at least 12 hours a day. As bieing responsible for clinical, it involves a lot of buisness travels.Company social events once a year and there is no special code dress, also you canot dress like an hipi
Compensation
Copensation i high, a car is part of compensation, we have options and social bennefits
Advice to Jobseekers
Be very orgenized, be prepared to be sometimes outsider since sometimes QA is not the most important position unless you are in a drug company, knows how to get work done by other departments, a lot of patients during implementation

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