Job and Career Opportunities in the Pharmaceutical Sector

• Main Author: Thomas, Josse R
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Medical; Nursing; Pharmacology
• ISBN: 9535127993; 9789535127994
• DOI: 10.5772/66422

The pharmaceutical field offers a wealth of job and career opportunities for talented young graduates with a sound background in life sciences and various other academic disciplines. Because these employment options are often insufficiently known to young academics, the aim of this chapter is to give them a better idea about the many job opportunities and presents the entire drug life cycle. The first part of the chapter includes a general description of the drug life cycle and what is understood by ‘the pharmaceutical sector’. The core of the chapter gives an overview of job opportunities that either are specific to the different parts of the drug life cycle or are important as support functions over the entire life cycle. It also includes a section on career perspectives and training opportunities. The last part of the chapter focuses on important employability elements, as well as some practical do’s and don’ts for effective job application.