Pharmacy options

I plan on starting Pharmacy next year as in 2009.I was just wondering is there much optionsa fter you qualify?I know that you can become a community or hospital pharmacist.Is there much chance of getting into industry as a Pharmacist.I would be qualifying with a 2:1 in Chemistry if I keep my results up.

pharmacien

There are loads of options, particularly within industry. You can work in pre-formulation, quality assurance, regulatory affairs, as a "qualified person" who signs to state that a batch is fit for human use, or in clinical trials.

Equally there is a variety of roles within hospital and community, and more besides (eg:as an inspector of wholesalers, or manufacturers, or Controlled Drugs, within compliance etc etc etc with the Irish Medicines Board)

In short there is a huge variety of jobs pharmacists do that the public does not even realise

pharmacien

pharmacien wrote: »

There are loads of options, particularly within industry. You can work in pre-formulation, quality assurance, regulatory affairs, as a "qualified person" who signs to state that a batch is fit for human use, or in clinical trials.

Equally there is a variety of roles within hospital and community, and more besides (eg:as an inspector of wholesalers, or manufacturers, or Controlled Drugs, within compliance etc etc etc with the Irish Medicines Board)

In short there is a huge variety of jobs pharmacists do that the public does not even realise

What area of Pharmacy are you in?

pharmacien

As a Qualified Person.

Its position specific to the EU. EU law states that "no batch of medicinal product can be released for sale or supply prior to certification by a QP that the batch is in accordance with the relevant requirements".

Basically, is the batch safe and suitable for its intended use? As batch sizes can run into tens of thousands of packs (and hundreds of thousands of tablets for example), a mistake could result in a lot of damage.

SomeDose

Deleted User wrote: »

I plan on starting Pharmacy next year as in 2009.I was just wondering is there much optionsa fter you qualify?I know that you can become a community or hospital pharmacist.Is there much chance of getting into industry as a Pharmacist.I would be qualifying with a 2:1 in Chemistry if I keep my results up.

Also bear in mind that, if you want to work as a QP, you don't need to be qualified as a pharmacist. Your chemistry degree would be sufficient to train for the position.

pharmacien

True. However, additional training (not sure about Ireland, but I think it would be another third level course) would be needed to cover the topics that would be studied anyway on a pharmacy undergraduate programme

sunnyjim

pharmacien wrote: »

True. However, additional training (not sure about Ireland, but I think it would be another third level course) would be needed to cover the topics that would be studied anyway on a pharmacy undergraduate programme

This bad boy here - http://www.tcd.ie/Graduate_Studies/prospectivestudents/courses/taught/coursepg.php?course_id=97

Question about a quote from it:

The Postgraduate Diploma is recognised by the Irish Medicines Board as fulfilling the educational requirements related to registration as a ‘Qualified Person’ (Note: applicants with a three-year primary degree must qualify with a M.Sc. to fulfil the educational requirements related to registration as a “Qualified Person”). Students who are eligible to progress to a M.Sc. degree must undertake a dissertation in the second year of the course.

I take it that the 3 year course they refer to is an honours degree? A link to another page about the same program gives this under Entry Requirements:

Completion of a University course or of a course recognised as equivalent in Ireland, extending over at least four years of theoretical and practical study in one of the following scientific disciplines: medicine, chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry and technology, biology. Other scientific disciplines may also be considered as suitable.

I take it my 3 year Level 7 Med Chem degree wouldn't be enough to gain a place?

sunnyjim

BUMP:

Oh, anyone know of any similar courses in Britain?