Career
Career prospects in Pharmacy
Lucrative career options are available in various fields of Pharmacy. Manufacturing, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Analytical R&D and Formulation Development (F&D), Research & Development, Sales & Marketing, Academia, Hospital / Clinical / Community Pharmacy and Medical Writing are some of them. After getting higher education from abroad a candidate can serve as Healthcare Consultant, Healthcare Policy-Maker, Nutritionist, Food Safety Inspector, Medical Officer, Health Educator, Clinical Researcher etc.
They also can serve abroad as Registered or licensed Pharmacist (Pharmacy Jobs) in Countries like Canada, US, UK, Australia as community pharmacists.
There are ample opportunities in this field to develop own set up of business as an entrepreneur in the themes like New drug molecule / Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) / New Chemical Entity (NCE), Production of raw materials (excipients and other ingredients), Manufacturing and Production of new formulations, Preparation of Biological, Sub-Contracting for Manufacturing, Sub-contracting for R&D and E-commerce –Pharmaceutical/Healthcare Industry etc.
In spite of prevailing challenges in the Indian pharma sector, thousands additional job opportunities are likely to be created as the industry is expected to grow up to 45 per cent by 2025.
Skills/competencies required
To be a competent Pharmacy professional, Cognitive or knowledge-based, Psychomotor or skills-based and Affective or value-based competencies are required. Pharmacy professional is supposed to well versed with Pharmacist-delivered patient care, Public health, Dispensing systems management, Business management, Communication, Pharmacy law, Leadership, computer skills and problem-solving.