importance of pharmaceutical industry?
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drugs, but mostly money money money money
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anything in the pharmaceutical industry would pay very well.. \nOther big chemical companies include Dow, 3M, DuPont, BASF.. who make pretty much everything from herbicides to hydrocarbons\n\nIf I were you I would go into the energy career since it is getting so much attention
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The critical issue in medicine is that it is all controlled by the drug compamies.\nMedicine is the ONLY industry where this happens. The cement and brick manufacturers do not control the building industry, for example. This leads to a complete bias towards profit, and the elimination of many alternative medicines and techniques which would be better for the patient. There are over 100 alternative treatments for cancer, for example, which do not involve drugs, surgery, or hospital equipment. Because the FDA is also totally controlled by the drug companies, it refuses to recognise ANY of these thousands of techniques, meaning that the patients health is no longer the most important thing.\nIf a building's safety became unimportant, there would be an outcry, so why does the medical industry allow this to continue.
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1 application is in making medicines... we all know that medicines are produced daily...
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Right now, there is a great demand for both, but it depends on what you like and excel at doing.  Bio tech has a history of being a more volatile career setting, but can be very rewarding.  Pharm cannot be outsourced and jobs are and will continue to be plentiful.  What do you like to do the most, research or medicine?  The hospital I work at has a program that allows students to "shadow" the pharmacist to get a better idea of what the job really in-tells.
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I would recommend looking into a study of a cleaning(cleanability vs surface finish) for processing equipment in the pharmaceutical industries. This has not been performed to my knowledge(I have thought about performing and writing a paper but haven't had the time), should be reasonably simple to to perform, and would open oppertunities into a growth industry.
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health and nutrition...the buzzword of this century...sure you have a great future...its predicted that health industry is going to be a trillion dollar business in the forthcoming years(next 10 years)..so be confident of your decision!!!
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check the major drug manufatures, they have plants or sales office here.. also major hospitals..
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check out www.drugdigest.org
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There are certainly opportunities in the pharma industry for an MBA who has done an MBBS. \n\nYou may enjoy the role of managing the research process of a lab, etc. This will put your managerial skills and skills & intuition as a doctor. This role will give you opportunities in product development.\n\nAlternatively you may opt for a role in the sales/marketing domain. For one you may manage the sales network of the organisation directly (say, manage sales executives who sell to pharmacies). You might also choose to be in-charge of managing a team of agents who call on doctors, and encourage the doctors to use products of the specific organisation. A role in marketing may also entail collection of primary data from outlets and doctors that will provide research inputs & requirements for the labs.\n\nYou indeed have several exciting opportunities in the field!
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Imagine life without chemistry....we are surrounded by chemistry! start looking around you and you'll see why chem is so important. the chemical industry produces materials that are vital to the industrialized world. Everything that you use at home are the products of chemistry, even your cosmetics. Imagine how will your breakfast turn into energy without the chemistry.
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I hope you mean in a business context because that's how I am going to answer.  People need to be informed of progress to make intelligent decisions respecting potential investment into capital markets/equities.  \n\nExample: Oil companies report on drilling so that determination of reserves and possible renewed supplies can be made which in turn assist in evaluating the company doing the drilling by allowing them to restate their reserves.  Usually when a well hits the company stock will rise in value as a resuld of those increased reserves.\n\nExample: Drug companies always talk about where they are in clinical trials.  By doing that investors have an idea what new products to expect and can more intelligently determine weather the company is going in the right direction or not than invest accordingly.  When a drug has a successful testing series through the FDA and is approved than the company stock will generally benefit.
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Pharmaceuticals are where the big cash is. but not the assistant. you gotta be the pharmasist
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I am a Doctor of Pharmacy and work for one of the major retail chain pharmacies.  I have also had a lot of experiance in different pharmacy settings including pharmaceutical advertising.  I have to say the best way to get yourself ready for a job like this is to do some pharmaceutical reasearch such as basic terminology and some of the most commonly prescribed drugs on the market today.  Also if you know what company you want to work for do some research and see what drugs they have in development and have a basic understanding so when asked a question you will be able to answer it.  My friend went for a job as a pharmacutical sales rep and during the interview they asked her to pretend she was going to present Ambien to a Doctor and what she would tell the MD about it pharmacokinetics and dynamics and how it differs from the other Rx sedatives.  She did not know very much about that drug and was caught off guard.  Just make sure to do your research.
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Unfortunately the drup companies & our government are "in bed together".  Drug companies are some of the biggest lobbyists in our country.  Right now it seems to be a no win situation but we have to keep our voices LOUD!!
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I feel like their roles are very important.  If they can all work on separate diseases,  and cures,  then,  there may be hope for the world( atleast with diseases).  With out their constant studying,  and expeirements,  then,  there would be many more out of control diseases.
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I am a pharmacy student from Philippines.. so i would say, pharmacists has a lot opportunities abroad.. and also, in pharmacy, u can learn a lot of things that deals with medicine.. so u would know what  kind of medicine is for this ailment.. pharmacist can compound and dispense drugs..=) and only pharmacists can do that..\n\ni don't know what a bio engineer would do.. but i guess, their work would be, fixing machines up that deals with water..