Job$ in the Drug Indu$try (eBook)

A Career Guide for Chemists

Richard J. Friary (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2000 | 1. Auflage
364 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-050962-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is intended to help newly graduated chemists, particularly organic chemists, at all levels from bachelors to post-doctorates, find careers in the North American pharmaceutical industry. It will serve as a practical, detailed guiedbook for job seekers as well a reference work for faculty advisers, research supervisors, development officers, employment agents, and personnel managers in the industry. The book gathers in a single volume the fundamentals of getting an industrial job as a medicinal or process chemist, and covers all aspects of a chemist's job--scientific, financial, and managerial--within a pharmaceutical/biotechnology company. Other scientists looking for jobs as analytical or physical chemists and even biochemists and biologists will find the book useful. The valuable appendix is a unique compendium of 365 commercial, governmental, or non-profit institutions that comprise the North American pharmaceutical industry.

Key Features
* Learn How To:
* Discover the 12 permanent, big-pharma jobs for B.S. chemists
* Use the 500+ company index to locate potential employers
* Track pharma openings with 190+ corporate and chemist-specific job banks
* Add industry veterans to your employment network
* Find the 50+ companies offering paid summer internships to students
* Include the one resume item that wins interviews for B.S. and M.S. chemists
* Express a knowledgeable preference for drug discovery or development
* Research over 360 drug companies through their Web sites
* Discover the 70+ firms offering stock purchase plans or stock options?and which two represent big pharma
* Find out your salary offer in time to negotiate your wages

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This book is intended to help newly graduated chemists, particularly organic chemists, at all levels from bachelors to post-doctorates, find careers in the North American pharmaceutical industry. It will serve as a practical, detailed guiedbook for job seekers as well a reference work for faculty advisers, research supervisors, development officers, employment agents, and personnel managers in the industry. The book gathers in a single volume the fundamentals of getting an industrial job as a medicinal or process chemist, and covers all aspects of a chemist's job--scientific, financial, and managerial--within a pharmaceutical/biotechnology company. Other scientists looking for jobs as analytical or physical chemists and even biochemists and biologists will find the book useful. The valuable appendix is a unique compendium of 365 commercial, governmental, or non-profit institutions that comprise the North American pharmaceutical industry.Learn How To: Discover the 12 permanent, big-pharma jobs for B.S. chemists Use the 500+ company index to locate potential employers Track pharma openings with 190+ corporate and chemist-specific job banks Add industry veterans to your employment network Find the 50+ companies offering paid summer internships to students Include the one resume item that wins interviews for B.S. and M.S. chemists Express a knowledgeable preference for drug discovery or development Research over 360 drug companies through their Web sites Discover the 70+ firms offering stock purchase plans or stock options?and which two represent big pharma Find out your salary offer in time to negotiate your wages

Inhalt

Cover 1
Jobs$ in the Drug Industry: A Career Guide for Chemists 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Disclaimer 12
Dedication 14
Acknowledgments 16
Foreword 18
Preface 20
About the Author 24
Chapter 1. Enticements: Why Organic Chemists Work in the Pharmaceutical Industry 26
Introduction 26
Prerequisites 30
Altruism as the Unique Appeal of the Pharmaceutical Industry 37
Attractions of the Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industries 38
Sources and Supplements 63
Chapter 2. Elements of Drug Discovery and Development 66
Introduction 66
Profile of the Pharmaceutical Businesses 67
Kinds of Drugs, Companies, and Therapeutic Areas 71
Discovery and Development of Drugs 75
Organization of Discovery and Development Chemical Research 91
Consolidation and Fragmentation in the Pharmaceutical Industry 95
Sources and Supplements 96
Chapter 3. Jobs in the Drug Industry 98
Introduction 98
Discovery Research 103
Service Groups 106
Development Research 113
Satellite Companies, Government Agencies, and Nonprofit Institutes 116
Sources and Supplements 123
Chapter 4. Discovery and Developmental Chemical Research: Common Features 126
Introduction: What You Should Know about the Job You Seek 126
The Basics 128
Communicating Results, Plans, Problems, and Persona 136
Patenting Your Work 140
Sources and Supplements 161
Chapter 5. Discovery Research: Medicinal Chemistry 164
Introduction: One Day in the Work of a Medicinal Chemist„ A Fictional Account 164
Discovery Research 176
Metamorphosis: Synthetic Organic Chemist to Medicinal Chemist 203
Sources and Supplements 204
Chapter 6. Chemical Development: Challenge in Organic Synthesis 206
Introduction 206
Chemical Development 207
Purposes of Chemical Development 211
Organization 214
Process Research and Development 217
Elements of a Suitable Manufacturing Synthesis 224
Satisfactions and Successes 235
Sources and Supplements 235
Chapter 7. Qualifying and Searching for Jobs in the Drug Industry 238
Introduction 238
What You Need to Know and Show 239
Why Read about Visas? 246
Role of the American Chemical Society in Job Searches 253
Finding Job Openings 259
Sources and Supplements 268
Chapter 8. Evaluating Companies and Job Offers 270
Introduction 270
Criteria for Evaluating Companies 273
Sources and Supplements 302
Appendix A 304
Arthur C. Cope Award 304
ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry 304
Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry 305
The Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products 305
Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry 306
Herbert C Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods 306
International Aspirin Prize for Solidarity through Chemistry 306
Appendix B 308
Introduction 308
Geographical Index of the North American Pharmaceutical Industry 314
Name Index of the North American Pharmaceutical Industry 322
Index 374

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.6.2000
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pharmazie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Anorganische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Organische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Technische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-08-050962-2 / 0080509622
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-050962-4 / 9780080509624