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Careers in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Pharmaceutical company employees are all focused on a single task – delivering effective medicines to patients. Our scientists and engineers work at the cutting edge of science and technology, using state of the art techniques to deliver the medicines of the future.

New career poster

Some of the jobs scientists do in the pharmaceutical industry are highlighted in our new poster. The poster links to the many case studies on this site. Career advisors and teachers can order the poster here.

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This could be you

Statistician

Statistician

A typical day can include discussing trial designs, writing analysis plans and reviewing analyses.

 

Areas of work

Medical Information

Medical Information

Up to date, strategic, information plays a key role in informing planning and decision making in pharmaceutical companies

 

Did you know?

The industry employs thousands

The industry employs thousands

... around 68,000 people, many of them highly-skilled graduates, in the UK.

 
 

Information provided by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)