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New medicines are always being discovered and developed. Their benefits are felt by people all over the world. But, while you can clearly see the improvements they make to millions of people’s lives, there’s a lot more to the pharmaceutical industry than most people realize.
Finding new cures and treatments for disease is just the beginning for new medicines. Before they make it to hospitals, or the shelves of local pharmacies, the pharmaceutical industry must make sure they’re as safe and effective as possible. Only then can companies let doctors know about their benefits.
It’s hard to imagine a world in which there are no antibiotics, no relief from common illnesses like asthma and diabetes, or hope of new treatment for fatal diseases. In 2000, pharmaceutical companies in the United States alone spent 2.9 billion dollars on pharmaceutical research and development – that’s an investment of around 8 million every day. To put it in context, one fifth of all US industry-supported research and development comes from the pharmaceutical industry.
Money is nothing without the right talent to back it up though. But we’re also lucky enou
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Training and Development
The level of career development that's offered throughout the pharmaceutical industry is highly impressive.
Rewards and Benefits
Although many of the rewards of being part of this industry come from improving other people's health and quality of life, they certainly don't stop there. All of this information is available to anyone who wishes to see it, and thus it provides a means by which the public can scrutinize the work that has been done so far. Production planners must work with manufacturing and sales personnel to ensure that sufficient stock is produced to meet expected demand.
Manufacturing
Discovering and developing a new medicine calls for endless dedication and massive investment, but it’s only the first stage in making a medicine available to patients. When this process is complete, a protocol of rules that will govern testing must be written. As discussed in the world’s leading pharmaceutical business newsletter, “Pharmaceutical Industry Information” in the February 2002 Issue, safety is discussed in the clinical trial setting, “As you’d expect in this area - which, more than any other, is so closely concerned with the effect of the medicine on people – safety procedures are extremely rigorous. After all, it's all part of the same process. For example, should it be administered as a tablet, an injection or through an inhaler? What dosage should be used? And, if it’s a tablet, should it be controlled release?
Development is a precise process and attention to detail is absolutely crucial. Toxicologists and pharmacologists make a key contribution to the assessment of the safety of compounds in development, particularly prior to first administration to humans.
By delivering support, in partnership with the World Health Organization, companies are helping to improve the lives of millions of people all over the world. This usually makes for a hard working but flexible culture.
Perhaps the most pressing concern is the treatment and containment of AIDS and HIV in developing countries.
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