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Career Scope After B.Pharma and M.Pharma

Career Scope After B.Pharma and M.Pharma

Edited By Team Careers360 | Updated on Mar 14, 2024 04:29 PM IST

Many students soon after they finish their intermediate (10+2) will start thinking about what to do next and which course should I take and which career is best for them. However, some students set their career goals while choosing their 10+2. If you are someone who has completed your B Pharma or M Pharma and is not sure which career to opt for then this article is a complete guide for you to know what career options you can take after B Pharma and M Pharma.

Read the complete article to know what are the highest paying jobs after B Pharmacy and jobs after M Pharmacy.

Skills Required for Pharmaceutical Jobs

The Top skills that you are required to have to get a top position job and a highly-paid job in the Pharmaceutical industry are listed below.

  • Must have knowledge of business and sales skills
  • Must have presentation and resilience skills
  • Must be determined, work hard, and dedicated to work
  • Willing to adapt the changes and takes up new challenges
  • Must have customer service, and product knowledge
  • Maintain relationships with clients and team members
  • Basic knowledge of MS Office, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
  • Time management, communication, organisational and negotiation skills
  • Must have knowledge about databases, statics, product lines, medical issues

A Pharmaceutical industry provides a wide variety of career options such as Health Centre Manager, Laboratory Technician, Regulatory Manager, Drug Inspector, Pharma Data Analyst, Assistant Professor, Health Inspector, Pharmaceutical Marketing Representative, Drug Control Administrator, Hospital Manager, and many more.

Career options After B Pharma

After completing B Pharma there are a lot of career opportunities in the Pharma industry. Let us now look at the career options after B Pharma. B Pharm or B Pharmacy is a four years undergraduate program that deals with health and chemical science. Students get to learn about various drugs and medicines and how to make use of them and everything related to it.

After B Pharmacy students have two options whether to go for further studies or take some gap and opt for these pharmacy jobs.

Career Scope After B Pharma
Chemical or Drug Technician

Wholesaler

Medical Underwriter

Research and Development Executive

Health Inspector

Pharmaceutical Marketing

Pathological Lab Scientist

Pharmacist

Drug Inspector

Medical Devices and Quality Control Manufacturing

Pharmacist

A Pharmacist is a healthcare professional who is responsible for supplying quality medicines to the people. He or She also supervises the supply chain and advises the patients on how to take the medicine or solves queries and also provides patients with various services such as cholesterol and blood pressure management. A Pharmacist work as community pharmacists, pharmaceutical production or sales, teaching in universities or colleges, pharmacy organisations, primary care organisations, and many more.

A Pharmacist salary in India ranges between Rs. 0.3 lakh to Rs. 3.5 lakhs with an average annual salary of Rs. 2.2 lakhs.

Drug Inspector

A Drug Inspector is a professional responsible for monitoring drug safety, quality, and use. His or Her responsibility is to ensure the safety of drugs for the people. He or she checks the drugs of prescription at various stages such as in manufacturing, production, and distribution. A Drug Inspector gets the opportunity to work in various big pharmaceutical companies. There are different types of roles of a drug inspector Pharmacovigilance, Drug Safety, Medical Assessor, Drug safety associate, and Drug safety officer.

Drug Inspector salary in India ranges from Rs. 0.4 lakhs to Rs. 21 lakhs per year with an average annual salary of Rs. 3 lakhs.

Chemical or Drug Technician

A Chemical or Drug Technician is responsible assists chemists and chemical engineers using laboratory instruments and techniques in their testing, developing, producing, and researching of chemical products or services. His or her work includes conducting tests, analytical or lab-based tests to ensure the quality, safety, or regulatory adherence for the products. There are two important chemical technicians as Laboratory technicians and Processing technicians.

Chemical or Drug Technician salary in India ranges from Rs. 0.2 lakhs to Rs. 12.1 lakhs per year with an average annual salary of Rs. 3.1 lakhs.

Medical Underwriter

A medical Underwriter is someone who works as a medical scribe, medical transcriptionist, or coder. His or her work includes looking for the health status of persons who apply for insurance coverage. A Medical Underwriter review applications, contact medical providers and calculate the details of the applicants. He or she works in various places such as insurance companies, hospitals, and government agencies.

A Medical Writer's salary in India ranges from Rs. 2.2 lakhs to Rs. 7.5 lakhs per year with an average annual salary of Rs. 3.8 lakhs.

Career options After M Pharma

M Pharmacy or Master of Pharmacy are 2 years of the degree. After the completion of B, Pharma students can either opt for further studies or can go for PhD programs in Pharma. There are a lot of jobs after M Pharmacy in India that you can opt for.

Quality Control Analyst

Quality Control and quality analyst is responsible for ensuring the quality and quantity of the pharmaceuticals. He or she is responsible to test and report the same to ensure the accuracy of the products. This work includes testing, sampling, analysis of samples, and documentation.

Quality Control Analyst Salary in India ranges from Rs. 1.5 lakhs to Rs. 6 lakhs per year with an average annual salary of Rs. 3.5 lakhs.

Clinical Researcher

Clinical Researchers help to know if the medicine is safe and effective. They research by gathering data and checks what are the advantages or disadvantages of medicines. Clinical Researchers look after the usage of medicine by different people and record the outputs. After passing through all these processes, after the medicine is safe and approved then only it will come into the market. Their work includes testing new drugs or medicines and developing new methods of diagnosis, new treatments, or medical devices.

Clinical Researcher Salary in India ranges from Rs. 0.9 lakhs to Rs. 10.2 lakhs per year with an average annual salary of Rs. 3 lakhs.

General Physician

General Physician is a professional who is responsible for treating general health problems or disorders such as nausea, cold and cough, jaundice, and many more. His or her work also includes treating the patients and giving them information about medicines and suggesting health-related issues.

General Physician Salary in India ranges from Rs. 1 lakhs to Rs. 2 lakhs per year with an average annual salary of Rs. 7.5 lakhs.

Molecular Biologist

A molecular Biologist is a professional who is responsible for collecting samples and conducting experiments. He or she spends most of the time exploring the complex functions and laws of functioning of each cellular component. A Molecular Biologist work involves conducting academic activities and research studies on the structures in labs using advanced equipment and technology.

Molecular Biologist Salary in India ranges from Rs. 1 lakhs to Rs. 6 lakhs per year with an average annual salary of Rs. 3 lakhs.

Top Recruiters for Pharmacy

Here are the top recruiters that are hiring the B Pharma and M Pharma students in their company.

  • Cipla
  • Lupin
  • Apollo
  • Clinics
  • Private hospitals
  • Research centres
  • Laboratories
  • Abbott India Limited
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Government Hospitals

Conclusion

The Industry provides huge job opportunities after B Pharm and M Pharm job opportunities in Pharmaceutics. Provided the students from top universities or colleges have more chances to hit the highest-paying jobs in the field. Top colleges, skills, and experience lead to getting a great job with the highest salary in India.

Frequently Asked Question (FAQs)

1. What are the Pharmacy specializations?
  • Ayurveda 

  • Pharmacology

  • Quality Assurance

  • Clinical Pharmacy

  • Pharmaceutics

  • Medicinal Chemistry

  • Pharmacognosy

  • Drug Regulatory Affairs

  • Biopharmaceutics

  • Drug Discovery and Drug Development

  • Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Assurance

2. What qualifications do I need to have to take up a Pharmacy degree?

Students must pass their 10+2 examination in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Biology. Must have a minimum of 55% of the score required to get admission into B.Pharma

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