A career in the pharmaceutical sciences is full of opportunities.

R & D (Research and Development): The pharmacy industry is one such industry that thrives on research and development for the research of new drugs, process development, formulation, development, clinical trials and Toxicological Studies.

Analysis and Testing: Analysis and testing go hand in hand with this industry specially in order to maintain a proper Quality control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA). For the same highly skilled staff is required by companies to handle sensitive analytical dealings and sophisticated equipment.

Production and Manufacturing:  The options of working in production and manufacturing are huge. Pharmaceutical and medical devices manufacturing units employ B.Pharm Freshers and experienced persons to look after the daily operations and quality of formulations.

Marketing:. B.Pharmacy freshers are employed in marketing of pharmaceutical products and medical devices as Medical Representatives (MR) . Career growth in marketing depends on the networking ability, knowledge and communication skills

Hospitals & Health care :  The pharmacists in the hospitals have a great demand for prescribing a drug Therefore, Pharmacy graduates have important role and can earn attractive remuneration and can occupy strategic positions.

Regulatory Bodies & Govt sector : There are bodies that control and regulate medicines. FDA is the regulatory body that deals with governing and implementing the rules and regulations for the Drug and Pharmaceutical industry. The pharmacist can apply for the posts like Drug Inspector, Asst. Drug Controller, Deputy Drug Controller, Drug Controller of state and finally D.C.I. (Drug Controller of India)

Medical underwriter : After B.pharm you can start as medical underwriter with small company and after getting necessary experience can shift to company paying good salaries.

 

For those who wanna do something similar to pharmacy like dealing with chemicals, but not deal with drugs then keep on reading this. I have done bachelors of pharmacy in India, and now doing major in cosmetics in Farleigh Dickinson university in NJ, USA. They recognize Indias bachelors of pharmacy degree. This course is taken by both males and females. Theres not much that is required by the university to take admission into this course. We mostly learn about formulation of all types of cosmetics from shampoos to deodorants. The future: You can get jobs in any cosmetics company like Johnsons and john sons, P&G, Loreal. The starting salary is also very good. For more information refer to the link. Hope I helped. If any questions feel free to ask.

M.S. in Cosmetic Science

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Megha Shah, Strict Professional from 7 years.

Answered Dec 1, 2016

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Getting a job directly after B.Pharm is little troublesome, if you're not looking for job in sales and marketing and want a career in research or some other job then you'll have to pursue higher studies.

Students interested in academia and R&D take up M.Pharm or Ph.D. It will not only add a higher degree and greater career opportunity to your CV but also you can become a professor in Indian universities.

For this CSIR NET exam is held twice a year:CSIR NET Exam - Assistant professor

Other career options are:

Pharmacist

Drug Inspector

Drug squad in police department

Technician in college

Medical underwriter

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Data validation associate

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Production & Quality Assurance in Pharmacy companies.

If you are familiar with C++, you can plan to learn Bio Suite software that is widely used in big Pharma companies.

Pharm mba is another career option one can opt for

Overseas career:

Those who wish to settle in abroad with pharmacy career have to appear in GRE, TOEFL, IELTS etc entrances.

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Annabelle Arcenas, studied Bachelor of Pharmacy at San Pedro College (2013)

Answered May 24, 2017

Originally Answered:What are some jobs offered after B.Pharm?

If you graduated with BS in Pharmacy, there are several jobs being offered to you as a pharmacist. You can be a:

Hospital Pharmacist-wherein you can practice as a compounding, dispensing or even a clinical pharmacist. Compounding pharmacists are the ones who prepare admixtures and solutions for a particular patient. The dispensing pharmacists are the ones who provide medicines according to physicians order (prescription) to outpatients and patients who are cash-basis and lastly clinical pharmacists are the ones who make rounds with the physicians to check the patients charts and monitor the drug therapy plan.

Community Pharmacist-wherein you are not only there in the drugstore to dispense medicines but also provide drug education and patient counselling. Since patients often go to the drugstore first before seeing a physician for symptomatic relief of their ailments, the community pharmacist must also know the special precautions with the use of Over-the-Counter drugs.For example, a patient who is hypertensive must not be given with phenylpropanolamine since ppa is a vasoconstrictor , which may lead to hypertensive crisis.Also the community pharmacist must also know how to manage and monitor stock inventories.

Regulatory Pharmacist-wherein they are the ones who work in Food and Drug Administration. They are the ones who evaluate and regulate the practices and operational policies of a particular drug establishment- it may be a hospital pharmacy, community pharmacy, manufacturing company or a drug distributing company. Also some pharmacists are also assigned in laboratories to test the potency and authenticity of drugs in order to monitor and possible avoid publics consumption of counterfeited and fake drugs.

Academe Pharmacist-wherein you can be a Pharmacy professor who can teach different Pharmacy Majors such as General Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, Quantitative and Qualitative Chemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pharmaceutical Botany and Plant Chemistry, Microbiology, Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Administration, Pharmacy Laws and Jurisprudence and etc. You may practice as an academe pharmacist after you obtained a Masters Degree in Pharmacy (MSPharm).

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Sameer Chourasia, studied Bachelor of Pharmacy at Shri Ram Institute of Technology (2007)

Answered Apr 4, 2017

Scope of pharmacy In India after bachelor degree is varied. We will discuss scope of B.pharm abroad in other post. In India after B.Pharm Job Opportunties can be explained under four heads.

Scope of B. Pharmacy in government sector

Scope of B. Pharmacy in private sector

Self Employment Opportunities

Opportunities After Higher Education

SCOPE AND SALARY OF B. PHARMACY IN GOVERNMENT SECTOR

After B.pharmacy and some Job experience one can apply for Drug Inspector and Pharmacist government Jobs exams. B.pharm graduates are also eligible for SSC, UPSC, State PSC and bank jobs etc like other graduates.

Drug Inspector:

Drug Inspector is an lucrative career option. This post is associated with good earning and reputation. State Governments, SSC and UPSC recruit drug Inspectors from time to time. Method of selection vary. As per some drug Inspector notification recruitment is done after an