Jobs in the drug industry

Other companies, although they engage in fewer than the six businesses of a FIPCO, also hire organic chemists. So do government agencies, patent law firms, and nonprofit research institutions. Familiarity with types of employers and the work they do can help a chemist seeking an entry-level job. It reveals whether the job sought is one done in a particular firm and can lend direction to the search. This appreciation enables an applicant to seek 

Indeed, an applicant who mentions during an interview the variety of jobs that organic chemists do in the pharmaceutical industry distinguishes herself. 

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You re qualified to do a chemist s job in the drug industry if you earned at least a baccalaureate degree in chemistry. But before you get a job or even an invitation to interview, you need to show your credentials to suitable employers and to know what they seek. What you must know and show is the subject of Chapter 7, which presents the common prerequisites that employed chemists meet and the various qualifications that B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. scientists offer. The chapter also discusses permanent residency and working visas as well as the important role played by the American Chemical Society in helping chemists find jobs. It concludes with methods for discovering the open positions that need chemists. 

Chapter 7 / Qualifying and Searching for Jobs in the Drug Industry... 

Job in the Drug Industry removes the mysticism surrounding the pharmaceutical chemist s position. The book reveals how the flexibility of... 

Another, slightly more detailed set of instructions on searching for compounds in patents can be found in Friary, R. Job in the Drug Industry (San Diego, California, Academic Press, 2000), p. 131. 

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