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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

API Process Chemistry Intern (Late Stage) Overview

Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie Interns.

Product Development, Science and Technology (PDS&T) is the intersection of technical excellence and business impact. We are champions of product innovation and process knowledge to solve AbbVie's most complex technical challenges to successfully support late-phase products, commercialize our pipeline, ensure the quality and efficacy of our products, make a direct impact on patient health and well-being.

As an intern on the API Process Chemistry team within the PDS&T group, you will have an incredible opportunity to make a direct impact on process development optimization while gaining valuable industry experience. The goal of this project (Sulfo-PBA synthesis via alternative sulfonylation chemistry and crystallization optimization) is to identify and optimize alternative synthetic approaches for an existing commercial process. The focus of this project is to use small scale experimental results and statistical modeling to identify the optimal stoichiometry and temperature range for the reaction. Further development work to improve the crystallization of the product will be performed to increase the yield of the process. This will be followed by a proof of concept scale up batch to demonstrate the scalability of the process. The research findings from this work will be presented to the wider PDS&T group.

Key responsibilities include:

• Receive mentoring and training to execute analytical methods, experimental design, and the use of statistical modeling software.
• Synthesize and isolate the starting material for the project.
• Execute a DOE to determine the optimal stoichiometry and temperature range for the reaction.
• Optimize the crystallization parameters to further improve the process yield.
• Demonstrate the process on a 10-20 g scale as proof of concept.
• Provide weekly project updates and present research findings to the department in a seminar.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in university, pursuing a PhD in Organic Chemistry or related field.
• Must be enrolled in university for at least one semester following the internship.
• Organic synthesis experience.
• Experience with HPLC, NMR and PXRD.

Preferred Qualifications

• Expected graduation date between December 2025 – June 2026.

Benefits and Amenities

• Competitive pay.
• Relocation support for eligible students.
• Select wellness benefits and paid holiday / sick time.
• Exposure to industry lab setting and opportunity to develop technical expertise.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis 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, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Additional Information:

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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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AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.