Job$ in the drug industry: a career guide for chemists: [an insider advises how and where to find work]

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 optionsÂ3⁄4and which two represent big pharma* Find out your salary offer in time to negotiate your wages Front Cover......Page 1 Jobs$ in the Drug Industry: A Career Guide for Chemists......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Disclaimer......Page 12 Dedication......Page 14 Acknowledgments......Page 16 Foreword......Page 18 Preface......Page 20 About the Author......Page 24 Introduction......Page 26 Prerequisites......Page 30 Altruism as the Unique Appeal of the Pharmaceutical Industry......Page 37 Attractions of the Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industries......Page 38 Sources and Supplements......Page 63 Introduction......Page 66 Profile of the Pharmaceutical Businesses......Page 67 Kinds of Drugs, Companies, and Therapeutic Areas......Page 71 Discovery and Development of Drugs......Page 75 Organization of Discovery and Development Chemical Research......Page 91 Consolidation and Fragmentation in the Pharmaceutical Industry......Page 95 Sources and Supplements......Page 96 Introduction......Page 98 Discovery Research......Page 103 Service Groups......Page 106 Development Research......Page 113 Satellite Companies, Government Agencies, and Nonprofit Institutes......Page 116 Sources and Supplements......Page 123 Introduction: What You Should Know about the Job You Seek......Page 126 The Basics......Page 128 Communicating Results, Plans, Problems, and Persona......Page 136 Patenting Your Work......Page 140 Sources and Supplements......Page 161 Introduction: One Day in the Work of a Medicinal Chemist— A Fictional Account......Page 164 Discovery Research......Page 176 Metamorphosis: Synthetic Organic Chemist to Medicinal Chemist......Page 203 Sources and Supplements......Page 204 Introduction......Page 206 Chemical Development......Page 207 Purposes of Chemical Development......Page 211 Organization......Page 214 Process Research and Development......Page 217 Elements of a Suitable Manufacturing Synthesis......Page 224 Sources and Supplements......Page 235 Introduction......Page 238 What You Need to Know and Show......Page 239 Why Read about Visas?......Page 246 Role of the American Chemical Society in Job Searches......Page 253 Finding Job Openings......Page 259 Sources and Supplements......Page 268 Introduction......Page 270 Criteria for Evaluating Companies......Page 273 Sources and Supplements......Page 302 ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry......Page 304 The Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products......Page 305 International Aspirin Prize for Solidarity through Chemistry......Page 306 Introduction......Page 308 Geographical Index of the North American Pharmaceutical Industry......Page 314 Name Index of the North American Pharmaceutical Industry......Page 322 Index......Page 374 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 options3⁄4and which two represent big pharma
* Find out your salary offer in time to negotiate your wages 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 3/4and which two represent big pharma * Find out your salary offer in time to negotiate your wages Combining elements and compounds, organic chemists in the pharmaceutical industry create drugs that preserve, prolong, and improve lives.