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The biopharmaceutical companies employ people with a range of skills, qualifications and experience. In addition, the industry generate a further 24,500 jobs in related industries. The industry can be divided into three main areas.
Research and Development
Manufacturing
Commercial
Research and Development involves the discovery of the medicines right through to manufacturing to have the product ready for market, People working in this area would include biologists and chemists, with degree and postgraduate qualifications in chemistry, biological sciences, maths or IT. Some or the areas where graduates are employed include:
- Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics
- Regulatory affairs
- Microbiology
- Analytical Chemist
- Quality Officer
- Process chemistry
- Genetics
- Statistics
Manufacturing involves producing the products to meet market demand in a cost effective and quality driven environment while meeting the highest standards in safety and regulator compliance. This area not only relies on scientists but also on engineers across a variety of disciples include:
- Chemical engineers
- Process Engineer
- Production engineers
- Plant engineers
- Maintenance engineers
- Validation engineers
- IT and other specialist staff.
Commercial involves the promotion and selling of the new medicines that the companies produce. People working in this area have a science qualification along with business qualification and relevant experience
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