2. The pharmaceutical industry is booming
nowadays because of the advancement in
medical science. This is the fastest
growing career opportunity nowadays.
There is a 300 percent growth rate in the
previous decade itself. Along with
excellent job growth there is also job
satisfaction in this field. There are mainly
seven career choices in the
pharmaceutical industry.
3. Senior Statistician
Drug Safety Specialist
Pharmacist
Senior QA Engineer
Pharmaceutical Financial Analyst
Pharmaceutical Sales Engineer
Biochemist
Let us take a look at what options you
have if you are looking for a career in this
industry:
4. Senior Statistician
A senior statistician in the
pharmaceutical industry is
responsible for providing senior
review of TFLs and statistical
analysis plans. He or she works as
an independent reporting
statistician on data monitoring
committees. He or she is
responsible for ensuring that all
assigned tasks are completed
properly and on time.
5. Drug Safety Specialist
A drug safety specialist is responsible for the
management of drug safety such as
conducting clinical trials, medical
supervision and also keeping a check
whether all the regulations regarding the
drug are being adhered to. They are also
responsible for maintaining and
implementing Standard operating
procedures. Sometimes the organization
requires the drug safety specialist to work in
coordination with chief medical directors.
6. Pharmacist
Pharmacists are responsible for
checking the quality of medicine given
to the patients. They also ensure that
the medicines given to the patients are
suitable for them. They advise patients
regarding the medicines and provide
information about how the medicines
are to be taken, the reactions that can
occur and answer the queries of the
patients.
7. Senior QA Engineer
Quality assurance plays an important
part in the pharmaceutical industry
because medicines are a thing to be
careful with. The quality of the
medicines should meet the standards
rules and regulations and a senior QA
engineer is responsible to ensure that
these requirements are met.
8. Pharmaceutical Financial Analyst
The financial analyst in pharmaceutical
industry is responsible for keeping
track of the financial management
right from the stage where a drug is
being developed to the profit it will
generate. As you may know that any
new drug takes anything like 10-15
years or more of research before it can
be presented in the market. Managing
the financial aspect in this industry is
tough.
9. Pharmaceutical Sales Engineer
This engineer is responsible for selling
the drugs manufactured by the
company in the market. He or she
needs to be in touch with drug stores,
hospitals and clinics.
10. Biochemist
A biochemist is responsible for
analyzing the drugs produced by the
company and gauging their effect on
biological processes. A biochemist is
essentially involved in the research
and development of new drugs and
endeavors to make the existing drugs
better.