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Do you want to be part of the exciting world of medicinal discovery, manufacture, and education?  The pharmaceutical industry produces chemical and biological prescription and non-prescription drugs, and other health care products, including medical devices. As a PharmD in the pharmaceutical industry, you may look forward to a wide variety of career paths including research and development, quality control, marketing, sales, medical communications, regulatory affairs, drug safety and administration.

PharmDs with additional postgraduate training will often play a role in Pharmacology and Toxicology where they become experts in pre-clinical drug development.  Alternatively, many PharmDs become part of clinical development teams, particularly if they have obtained an expertise in a particular therapeutic area via post-graduate residency training. PharmDs often rise to the position of Director, Clinical Development in a particular therapeutic space (anti-infectives, cardiovascular, etc.). 
 
You may want to apply your technical background and analytical skills to quality control in a drug manufacturing setting.  It is not uncommon to see PharmDs become experts in GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) and serve as “Qualified Persons” or quality experts.  The term “Qualified Person” is more of a designation by the European regulatory authorities, but applies to American manufacturing as well.
 
You may want to combine an interest in the law with your technical background in pharmacy by serving as regulatory affairs specialist. Regulatory Affairs specialists are intimately involved in the drug development process by creating a strategy that is consistent with the clinical development plan that, if successful, will lead to marketing authorization with the desired label claims.  As such, they are a key part of the new drug development team.
 
You may want to combine an interest in sales, marketing, and administration with your technical background in pharmacy by serving as a medical service representative or medical science liaisons. These representatives call on a variety of health care professionals to explain the uses and merits of the products their firms produce. Experienced and successful medical service representatives with administrative abilities often rise to supervisory or executive posts in the pharmaceutical industry. PharmDs are also employed as sales representatives, supervisors, and administrators in wholesale drug firms.
 
 
 
 
 


Do you want to be part of the exciting world of medicinal discovery, manufacture, and education?  The pharmaceutical industry produces chemical and biological prescription and non-prescription drugs, and other health care products, including medical devices. As a PharmD in the pharmaceutical industry, you may look forward to a wide variety of career paths including research and development, quality control, marketing, sales, medical communications, regulatory affairs, drug safety and administration.

PharmDs with additional postgraduate training will often play a role in Pharmacology and Toxicology where they become experts in pre-clinical drug development.  Alternatively, many PharmDs become part of clinical development teams, particularly if they have obtained an expertise in a particular therapeutic area via post-graduate residency training. PharmDs often rise to the position of Director, Clinical Development in a particular therapeutic space (anti-infectives, cardiovascular, etc.). 
 
You may want to apply your technical background and analytical skills to quality control in a drug manufacturing setting.  It is not uncommon to see PharmDs become experts in GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) and serve as “Qualified Persons” or quality experts.  The term “Qualified Person” is more of a designation by the European regulatory authorities, but applies to American manufacturing as well.
 
You may want to combine an interest in the law with your technical background in pharmacy by serving as regulatory affairs specialist. Regulatory Affairs specialists are intimately involved in the drug development process by creating a strategy that is consistent with the clinical development plan that, if successful, will lead to marketing authorization with the desired label claims.  As such, they are a key part of the new drug development team.
 
You may want to combine an interest in sales, marketing, and administration with your technical background in pharmacy by serving as a medical service representative or medical science liaisons. These representatives call on a variety of health care professionals to explain the uses and merits of the products their firms produce. Experienced and successful medical service representatives with administrative abilities often rise to supervisory or executive posts in the pharmaceutical industry. PharmDs are also employed as sales representatives, supervisors, and administrators in wholesale drug firms.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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