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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

Graduate Trainee Chemist

Graduate Trainee Chemist

Choose a degree that will give you the opportunity to undertake a period of industrial experience within a pharmaceutical company

 

Areas of work

Health Economics

Health Economics

One of the roles of the health economist is to ensure that trials collect economic and quality of life data that can be used to profile the value of the medicine.

 

Did you know?

A new medicine takes 10-12 years

A new medicine takes 10-12 years

… from initial discovery to developing it into a product that can be safely given to patients. The cost of this process is more than £500 million.

 
 

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