Full-Time

Quality Assurance Pharmacist Biotechnologies

Vetoquinol

Vetoquinol

1,001-5,000 employees

Develops and markets veterinary medicines

No salary listed

Magny-Vernois, France

In Person

Occasional travel is required for audits or investigations.

Bachelor's

Category
Biology & Biotech (1)
Required Skills
ERP
Supply Chain Management
GMP
Quality Assurance (QA)

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Requirements
  • Hold an industrial pharmacist qualification with a completed thesis specializing in biotechnology.
  • Have at least five years of experience in the pharmaceutical biotechnology or biopharmaceutical industry.
  • Be proficient with standard and dedicated computer tools, including enterprise resource planning systems.
  • Have B2-level English proficiency.
  • Demonstrate rigor, synthesis skills, and autonomy.
Responsibilities
  • Act as the biotechnology quality-assurance technical reference by challenging dossiers, securing processes, and ensuring product integrity throughout the industrial and logistical lifecycle.
  • Ensure quality and regulatory compliance for biotechnology products and associated processes, including subcontractor qualification, analytical and production processes, quality investigations, change controls, and transport and distribution conditions.
  • Identify safety, health, environmental, and energy risks; implement preventive and corrective actions; participate in safety audits; and optimize energy consumption and environmental protection.
  • Ensure activities comply with applicable Good Manufacturing Practices, Good Distribution Practices, and internal quality standards.
  • Qualify pharmaceutical subcontractors and certify subcontractor sites through Good Practice audits and Quality Assurance Agreements.
  • Evaluate and approve change controls by critically analyzing process and quality impacts.
  • Review and challenge quality investigations concerning deviations, out-of-specification and out-of-trend results, and nonconformities.
  • Provide scientific and quality expertise for complex investigations and help define robust corrective and preventive actions.
  • Promote biotechnology quality culture across the site by informing and training contributors.
  • Provide expertise on biotechnology production processes and associated analytical processes.
  • Evaluate the quality impact of process parameters on product characteristics and participate in process risk analyses and quality-impact assessments.
  • Collaborate with Development, Production, Quality Control, and Supply Chain teams to secure industrial operations.
  • Contribute to reviews of process and analytical-method validation.
  • Evaluate risks associated with transporting and distributing biotechnology products, ensure control of storage and transport conditions, and participate in logistics-flow and transport-solution qualification.
  • Support operational teams as a quality expert; participate in internal audits, inspections, and supplier and subcontractor-product audits.
  • Identify improvement opportunities, contribute to continuous improvement of quality and industrial processes, and update quality and regulatory documentation.
  • Act as backup for the Supply Chain Quality Manager for controlled-narcotics activities, including annual declarations, receipt and weighing, and import-license requests.
  • Release subcontracted components and finished products under delegation from the responsible pharmacist.
  • Make occasional business trips for audits and investigations.

Vetoquinol is a global animal health company that develops and markets medicines and health products for pets and livestock. Its products are used to treat diseases, prevent illness, and support animal well-being, distributed through a network of subsidiaries and partners in about 24 direct countries with products available in around 100 countries. Core operations include research, development, and commercialisation of veterinary pharmaceuticals and health solutions for both companion and farm animals. What sets Vetoquinol apart is its long family-led history and steady international expansion, including an IPO in 2006 to accelerate growth, which has helped it build a widespread, multi-country presence. The company’s goal is to improve animal health globally by bringing effective veterinary products to markets around the world and expanding access through direct operations and partnerships.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Paris, France

Founded

1933

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What believers are saying

  • Q1 2026 U.S. sales rose 15.6% constant-currency, showing strong American demand.
  • 2025 EBIT before amortization reached €91.5M and net cash hit €205.8M.
  • Essential Products grew 4.1% in 2025, and management is preparing 2027 launches.

What critics are saying

  • 2025 recalls for FOLLTROPIN in the U.S., UK, and Canada damaged quality credibility.
  • Q1 2026 sales fell 4.3% reported, with €5.2M currency drag hitting U.S. and India.
  • The 2027 launch dependence makes 2026 a transition year if pipeline timing slips.

What makes Vetoquinol unique

  • Vetoquinol’s 2025 Essential Products reached €334.5M, 64% of sales, strengthening mix.
  • It internalized parasiticide manufacturing in 2025, improving control over critical supply.
  • Command Centre ACT extends VetImpress, bundling software, compliance, and revenue management for practices.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Vacation

Commuter Benefits

Wellness Program

Professional Development Budget

Training Programs

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

2%
Yahoo Finance
Apr 28th, 2026
Vetoquinol Q1 2026 sales flat at $141M amid currency headwinds and product simplification

Vetoquinol, a French animal health company, reported first-quarter 2026 sales of €125 million, down 4.3% on a reported basis but flat at constant exchange rates. Excluding currency effects and a product line simplification programme, sales increased 1.2% year-on-year. Exchange rate headwinds reached €5.2 million, primarily affecting the United States and India. The product line simplification programme impacted sales by €1.7 million. Essential products sales totalled €83 million, stable at constant exchange rates, whilst complementary products grew, driven by strong US performance. US sales rose 15.6% at constant exchange rates to €28 million. Companion animal products represented 71% of sales at €93 million, whilst farm animal products totalled €38 million. The company described 2026 as a transition year ahead of new product launches in 2027.

Veterinary Business Development Ltd
Apr 20th, 2026
Vetoquinol launches Command Centre ACT.

Vetoquinol launches Command Centre ACT. The platform creates 'clear accountability' and eases the administrative burden of tracking vaccinations and farm visits. A veterinary pharmaceutical company has launched a dashboard to help ease administrative burdens on farm and mixed practices and drive revenue growth and clinical compliance. Vetoquinol has launched Command Centre ACT, a dashboard extension for its VetImpress data management platform designed for clinical directors and business development staff. The extension is said to draw on practices' data stored within VetImpress or their practice management system to identify revenue opportunities and compliance gaps. Based on analysis using leptospirosis, bovine viral diarrhoea and infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, Vetoquinol estimates that in dairy herds alone, missed vaccination doses, lapsed vaccinations and unvaccinated herds demonstrate an opportunity of around £2,877 annually per farm vet. 'Strategic approach' As well as optimising vaccine scheduling and compliance, Command Centre ACT is said to address regulatory requirements such as Veterinary Medicines Requirements "animals under care" guidelines, automatically flagging farms that are due visits to visually inspect livestock. Vetoquinol product manager Andy Paine said: "The dashboard's name reflects its strategic approach to practice management. "Command Centre ACT enables the user to identify farms requiring attention and assign specific follow-up actions to individual vets through the VetImpress diary and tasks system, creating clear accountability whilst maintaining clinical focus. "We're ultimately selling accountability, but we're striking the right balance between management oversight and clinical autonomy." Work and well being 20 Apr 2026 Small animal 3 Mar 2026

Yahoo Finance
Jan 29th, 2026
Vetoquinol reaches €526M in 2025 sales despite currency headwinds, Essential Products up 4.1%

Vetoquinol, a French veterinary pharmaceutical company, reported annual sales of €526 million for 2025, up 0.2% at constant exchange rates but down 2.5% on a reported basis. The company faced historically high negative currency impacts of €14.8 million and a €9.7 million decline from simplifying its Complementary product ranges. Essential Products sales reached €334.5 million, growing 4.1% at constant exchange rates, driven by a strong fourth quarter increase of 8.0%. The company completed transferring manufacturing of its parasiticide range to its own facilities. Essential Products now represent 64% of total sales, up from 61% in 2024. Companion animal products accounted for 72% of sales at €377 million, whilst farm animal products represented 28% at €149 million.

dvm360
Jan 28th, 2022
Vetoquinol SA launches fluorescent light therapy system for dogs and cats—Phovia

Vetoquinol released the first fluorescent light therapy system for dogs and cats—Phovia—to help accelerate natural skin regeneration.

Yahoo Finance
Jan 20th, 2022
Mongeau left Nikon Optical Usa, Inc. as CEO for Canada and the USA on Dec 20th 21'.

Mongeau joins Vetoquinol from Nikon Optical, where she most recently served as CEO for Canada and the USA.