Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and proactive intern to join our Global Medicinal Chemistry department at AbbVie Ludwigshafen. In this role you will be able to expand your knowledge and experience in:

• Organic synthesis: preparation of novel pharmaceutically active molecules (focus on CNS research)
• Characterization of synthetized molecules and interpretation of analytical data
• Documentation and evaluation of experiments

These activities will support the medicinal chemistry design efforts to discover, synthesize and progress the development of life-changing medicines.

Qualifications

• Chemistry students (preferably enrolled at the moment in master programs) with demonstrated knowledge in the field of organic synthesis
• Previous industrial or academic work experience in a synthesis lab is preferred.
• Interest in synthetic chemistry and drug discovery
• Good command of written and spoken English

Please indicate the desired duration and the earliest possible start date in the application.

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Additional Information

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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