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N YOGARAJAN

N YOGARAJAN

Oligonucleotide Scientist
Hosur, Tamilnadu

Summary

Highly self-motivated, well organized and professional process scientist with more than 16 years of experience in performing process development and scale up of variety of pharmaceutical products and experienced in developing the process for Oligonucleotide products. Looking out for great challenging position in the area of pharmaceutical field that utilizes skills and provides an opportunity for self and organization growth.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Research Scientist

Syngene International Limited
Bangalore, Karnataka
07.2014 - Current

Responsible for project functions including managing team.
Evaluating and writing the Request for Proposal for the oligonucleotide molecules.
Preparing business case studies and market strategy for Oligonucleotide
Developing and transfer the technology to scale up and executing in the pilot scale for Oligonucleotide.
Responsible for preparing weekly updates, preparation of development report and Gantt chart preparations.
Evaluate tech-pack protocol and perform reactions on gm to Kg scale.
Preparation cost sheet and requesting to other cross-functional team to evaluate requirement such as reactors, QC requirements including stability as well as validation.
Co-ordination with CFT team includes Analytical, Process engineering, Process Safety and Quality Assurance to deliver project with timeline.
Preparing TTD report and sharing across through production and QA for BMR preparation.
Well knowledge in Solid phase Synthesis of Oligonucleotide with different type of modification (Like Conjugation, backbone and modified RNA & DNA.Syngene International limited is an ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004, and OHSAS 18001:2007 certified company having GMP facilities. Syngene is an internationally reputed custom research and manufacturing organization.

  • Responsible for project functions including managing team.
  • Responsible for preparing weekly updates, preparation of development report and Gantt chart preparations.
  • Evaluate tech-pack protocol and perform reactions on gm to Kg scale.
  • Preparation cost sheet (RFP) and requesting to other cross-functional team to evaluate requirement such as reactors, QC requirements including stability as well validation.
  • Involved and committed towards versatile projects and successfully completed.
  • Complete co-ordination with Analytical, Process engineering, Process Safety and Quality Assurance to deliver project with timeline.
  • Preparing TTD report and sharing across through production and QA for BMR preparation.
  • Well knowledge in Solid phase Synthesis of Oligonucleotide with different type of modification (Like Conjugation, backbone and modified RNA & DNA.
  • Experience with handling 2’-Fluoro, 2’-MOE, 2’-CET, 2’-OMe modification. Also phosphodiester and phosphorothioate backbone.
  • Handled 5’ and 3’end modification with BHQ, FAM, HEX, phosphate, vitamin, cholesterol
  • Developing the Cleavage & Deprotection process for different kind of oligonucleotide and also downstream process.
  • Routine verification of analytical data like HPLC, GC, NMR, IR, XRD, DSC, TGA and Mass

Scientist

Sequent Scientific Limited
Bangalore
12.2010 - 07.2014

Worked as a Scientist in Sequent Scientific Limited,

Bangalore, India.

  • Expertise in route scouting and optimizations studies by varying possible process parameters to achieve maximum selectivity and yield Viz catalyst screening/ reagent loading / equivalent screening, temperature screening/mode of additions/duration of addition, solvent screening and alternate route scouting etc.,
  • Development cost effective process for existing process.
  • Route scouting and process development for in-house synthesis of key raw materials.

R & D Research Executive

Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited
Chennai
08.2008 - 11.2008

Worked as a R & D Research Executive in Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited, Chennai, India.

  • Ability to handle reactions from G scale to Kg scale and pilot scale.
  • Following safety procedures & Standard operating procedures before starting any activities.
  • Maintain the Lab note book online & good documentation practices.

Education

Master of Science - Chemistry

V.H.N.S.N. College
Virudhunagar, Tamilnadu
06.2006 - 05.2008

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

V.H.N.S.N. College
Virudhunagar, Tamilnadu
06.2003 - 05.2006

Skills

    Experiment Design

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Accomplishments

  • Involved process research and process development activities
  • Associated with superior to understand the development of process, which can be easily scaled-up in pilot plant as well, commercialization
  • Process development of API intermediates and scaled-up in pilot plant as well as in higher scale in plant
  • Levofloxacin Hemihydrate - Project has been successfully completed from feasibility to process optimization and lab validation as well a plant validation
  • Zolmitriptan - Project has been successfully completed from feasibility to process optimization and lab validation as well a plant validation
  • ImidocarbDipropionate - Project has been successfully completed from feasibility to process optimization and lab validation
  • Parvaquone - Project has been successfully completed from feasibility to process optimization and lab validation as well a plant validation
  • Mesna - Project has been successfully completed from feasibility to process optimization and lab validation as well a plant validation
  • Expert in working with the Oligonucleotide therapeutic molecules (SiRNA, ASO, Aptamer, miRNA &Gapmer)
  • Having handson experience in synthesizing Oligonucleotide with the length of 45 nucleotide
  • Synthesized more than 100 different sequence with all kind of modification like sugar modification 2’-Fluoro, 2’-MOE, 2’-CET, 2’-OMe, LNA and Backbone modification Phosphorothioate and mixed backbone.
  • Experienced in handling the all the process instruments from small scale to pilot scale. (Process development to scale up)
  • Scale 60micromole to 45 mmol scale.
  • Handled 5’ and 3’end modification with BHQ, FAM, HEX, phosphate, vitamin, cholesterol and other conjugation
  • Developing the Cleavage & Deprotection process for different kind of oligonucleotide and also downstream process.
  • Routine verification of analytical data like HPLC, GC, NMR, IR, XRD, DSC, TGA and MassProcess development of Oligonucleotide
  • Managing a team of five members
  • Completely taking care of R&D and production process related activities
  • Transfer technology from lab scale to pilot scale (OP100 to OP400
  • Delivery of lab scale Oligonucleotide synthesis
  • Able to write a method for Oligo synthesis in Unicorn software and edit the method
  • Handled Akta cross flow instrument for UF/DF process
  • Handled Akta pure150 for the purification by ion exchange
  • Successfully delivered more than 15 projects.

Timeline

Senior Research Scientist

Syngene International Limited
07.2014 - Current

Scientist

Sequent Scientific Limited
12.2010 - 07.2014

R & D Research Executive

Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited
08.2008 - 11.2008

Master of Science - Chemistry

V.H.N.S.N. College
06.2006 - 05.2008

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

V.H.N.S.N. College
06.2003 - 05.2006
N YOGARAJANOligonucleotide Scientist