Job Description:

• 1) Coordinates activities of workers engaged in testing and evaluating ethical and proprietary pharmaceuticals in order to control quality of manufacture and to ensure compliance with legal standards: Participates with management personnel in establishing procedures for testing drugs and related products, applying knowledge of controlled production, sampling techniques, testing procedures, and statistical analysis.

• 2) Assigns subordinates to specific testing functions.

• 3) Reviews laboratory reports of test batches.

• 4) Recommends full-scale production of batches meeting company or consumer specifications and complying with federal purity standards.

• 5) Orders destruction of substandard batches, as authorized by supervisor.

• 6) Directs and coordinates investigation of complaints concerning defective products.

• 7) Recommends response to complaints, considering test reports, production records, legal standards, and complaint validity.

• 8) Reviews legislative developments to determine changes in legal requirements and probable effects on company's manufacturing activities.

• 9) Directs retention of data and preparation of documents for use by self or other company personnel during inquiries concerning suspect products.