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Pharmaceutical industry job query

  • 29-08-2010 1:51pm
    #1
    revz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭


    Hi,
    I've been trying to figure this out for a while but I'm still uncertain. If, for example, you wanted to work in the pharmaceutical industry for a company such as Pfizer or the likes, would Pharmacy be a good primary degree for such a job or would a Pharmaceutical Science/Chemistry degree be more suited?
    (From what I've been told a PhD is generally needed to gain such a position anyway?)
    Thanks for any replies


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  • #2
    bleg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,848 ✭✭✭bleg


    Pharmacy would be a good degree. If you do a 6 month placement after 4th year during the internship you will get a chance to get your foot in somewhere. You can also be a QP after 2 years experience in a GMP environment.


  • #3
    revz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭revz


    Thanks,
    Is there any preference to either degree for these companies? I have the choice to study either next year, Pharmacy in the UK & Medicinal Chemistry here and im having trouble picking between them. I'd want to go into research, the whole QP aspect the Pharmacy degree brings sounds pretty good...


  • #4
    bleg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,848 ✭✭✭bleg


    You do lots and lots of medicinal chemistry in pharmacy. Definitely more options after doing pharmacy than a chemistry degree.


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