is biotechnology or pharmacy a better career option?
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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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Depends on what you like to do I suppose.  They can both make you a lot of money.  I am into math and science then behavior though.\n\nMy opinion is, if you can handle the math, take the pharma bio-tech route.  But that is just me.
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I enjoy pharmceuticals!  Heh!  Use the link below to find out about different careers.  You can also view government statistics on various careers at the Bureau of Labor Statistics' website at www.bls.gov.\n\nGood luck!
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Biomed or Pharmacology pay well and can be rewarding (searching for cures, developing drug plans). Teaching can also be rewarding in it's own right, but if you want money more then other things, Biomed is probably the way to go.
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BSc. BioTech. is good if you pass it with good marks. But in any case you have to do PG.\nThe PG fields may be in BioTech/FoodTech/Bioinformatics.
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No not at all, remember you are numerate and analytical you can spin it that way. Consultency or reserch firms to the pharma industry is a good bet there is the big five, IMS and many other market reserch firms. Being specific to the pharma to begin with will help you cut your business teeth then the whole world is up for grabs.
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I'd go with Pharmaceuticals as there is more money.
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laboratory technician?\nUniversity, Hospital, Pharmaceutical company.\nThis depends on the skills you acquired in your laboratory classes though. Keep going for your Bachelor's
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It depends on what you are more interested in!\nMedicine will definitely give you more secure job prospects, but only if you have a genuine interest in and desire to practice medicine. For that reason, and because it is an extremely competitive course to get into, some people will perceive medicine as being more valuable, but you should choose your degree based on what you want to do and what you enjoy, not on what other people think.\n\nDon't believe anyone who tells you psychology is a worthless degree (especially if they can't spell psychology). It doesn't lead into an obvious career path in the way a medical degree does, but it's not worthless. Some people might see it as a 'soft touch', easy course, and there are people out there who breeze through a degree with no real work and universities that offer poor quality degrees - that doesn't mean that there aren't extremely challenging and interesting courses out there and plenty of bright, motivated students who excel in their fields.\n\nIt's true that psychology has its problems and flaws, but so does every social/life science - life is messy that way. In fact, medicine faces some of the same problems establishing credibility as psychology does. It's a massively varied and fascinating field - sometimes the lack of interdisciplinary co-operation is fascinating, sometimes it's just frustrating! It's not a dull subject to study - if it is, you're being taught wrong!\n\nI'll admit I'm biased in as much as I *have* a degree in psychology myself, but I won't belittle medicine either. It can be a highly rewarding career for those with the right aptitude and attitude, and it requires a tremendous amount of hard work. Hats off to those who make it through - we have a much more pressing need for doctors than we do for psychologists, and I'm grateful to those who do choose to study it. It's a much more applied subject to study than psychology, and if you're more interested in taking a practical, hands-on sort of approach it might suit you better than psychology which tends to be a lot more academic.\n\nSo, after all that, I don't think you can say one is better than the other! You're still quite young so you have plenty of time to decide, and the qualifications you'll need to study either subject are quite similar - although you can do a psychology degree with limited experience of science and maths, I'd definitely advise you take biology and possibly chemistry too (definitely take chemistry if you have any interest in fields like neuroscience) - so if you make sure you have a strong scientific background you could apply to either course when the time comes to choose.\nDon't forget, you can also opt to do a psychology degree as an undergraduate and then do a postgraduate medicine qualification - you'd get the best of both worlds and probably have the makings of a great psychiatrist!
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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..
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According to your education profile I feel that you should do MBA-Biotechnology. This will enlargen your career scope. MBA-Biotech is a 2-year post-graduate programme in management that has the perfect blending of Biotechnology and Management. This course is available at the Department of Management Sciences, University of Pune, India. Pune is also called as " The Oxford of the East" and is the biggest educational hub in India. Pune University attracts the largest number of foreign students in India. \n\nMBA is a 2 year post-graduate programme in management. MBA is of 2 types - general MBA and specialised MBA.In general MBA at the end of 1st year you are supposed to choose specialisation in either of the 1 subject - marketing or finance or materials/operations or human resource. Example of specialised MBA is MBA in Biotechnology which is available at the Department of Management Sciences, University of Pune. In specialised MBA like MBA-Biotechnology you are taught all the 4 subjects in much detail i.e marketing, finance, materials/operations and HR that's because your specialisation is Biotechnology.You are specially prepared to lead a Biotech or Pharma company.The advantage is that you can go to any other sector like telecom, IT, Retailing etc. because you have been given detailed knowledge of every field with special focus on Biotechnology. That's the advantage.There is much demand for MBA-Biotechnology in Australia, USA and Europe apart from the one in India. For details on this course visit http://www.microbiologyindia.cjb.net\nThe web-site tells you also on various management entrances like MAT, ATMA, CAT etc.Ranking of colleges along with list of various colleges is also given. You can go for following links that will tell you more about MBA - \nhttp://users.cjb.net/microbiologyreview/ect1.htm\nhttp://users.cjb.net/microbiologyreview/ect2.htm\n\nYou can directly Click on the  following link that will tell you about MBA-Biotechnology-\nhttp://users.cjb.net/microbiologyreview/mba%20in%20biotechnology.htm   \n\nWith MBA-Biotech you will be able to get good pay package. You will placed in companies like Biocon, Pfizer, Wockhardt, Serum Institute of India, Sun Pharma etc.\n\nTip of the day - Use internet explorer or if you use netscape 8 then choose internet explorer as your rendering engine to view this site.
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BIOTECHNOLOGY!!! yea. dont get this wrong, i'm only a teen, but very ambitious, muahahaha. my brother is 17 and has already had 3 years of college, and he majored in biotech, and he loved it. I will be doing the exact same thing as him, because its way cool. (you get the lab coats and everything. woot!) yes i say biotech\ngood luck!
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I actually took the course at rutgers for pharmacy school.\nIt was amazingly fun and structured.\nI'm sure you'l like it.\nIm a successful pharmacist now and work at Eckerd's, though I only make $95,000 a year.\nHope that helos, good luck with life and everything.\n:]
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Biotechnology is a subject that involves the understanding of the physiology, functions and activities etc of various Biological entities and the use of technology in it to produce better products. \nThe main branches of bio tech are plant bio tech, animal bio tech, genetics, Environmental bio tech, Etc. Each of these branches involves the development of that particular branch with the use of technology.\nMedicines or the medical aspect of biotechnology is found in most of these courses. But the basics has to be genetics if you mean to study human disorders etc.\nBiotechnology has a good future as biotech products are now in demand. Also biotechnologists are needed in researches, Pharmaceutical companies, And various biotech companies itself.
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Pharmacy is more chemistry oriented. For medical, you will have to take it to know which medications to prescribe, but the majority of your studies will be biology and anatomy.  Try speaking with a counselor at your school, they can help alot =]
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Biotechnology is a growing sector. Experts feel that biotech industry may surpass IT and ITeS in overall growth and employment generation\n\nMost biotechnologists find employment on a large scale in research laboratories run by the government, universities and institutes of technology, as well as the corporate sector. The department of biotechnology has many openings for scientific officers in different biotechnology disciplines.
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Pharmacist.  You have to work your BUTT off in school, but once you get out, you count pills and talk to people.  All the hard work that pharmacists used to have to do is now mostly done inside the computer.  You have to count, check, and occasionally answer a question.  And for this, you can start making ~$50,000 - $90,000 a year (working retail at Kmart or Target or something).\n\nYes, school is A LOT of hard work, but when you're done, you're set for life.