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I'm currently completing my first degree, a combined bachelors-masters degree in pharmaceutics. I've had a research project and classes which have given me a good deal of exposure to the pre-clinical side of drug development and research.
At this point, I think to myself that the next step would be to get a Ph.D. But for how long it takes, I can't say that I've warmed up to the idea much yet. I still will consider it. But more and more I've been coming across information about how 1) the pharmaceutical industry needs Pharm.Ds and 2) Pharm.D students who actually have legitimate research projects. I had always been under the impression that most Pharm.Ds end up in retail or in the clinical side of things. Thats why I ended up doing the pharmaceutical science degree, because I wanted to get exposure to bench work or lab research. This leads me to ask:
Are there actually research-related careers within the drug industry for people who get a Pharm.D as opposed to the Ph.D? If you have any information on this, please do provide! I want to find out as much about research opprotunities with a Pharm.D as this forum can give.
At this point, I think to myself that the next step would be to get a Ph.D. But for how long it takes, I can't say that I've warmed up to the idea much yet. I still will consider it. But more and more I've been coming across information about how 1) the pharmaceutical industry needs Pharm.Ds and 2) Pharm.D students who actually have legitimate research projects. I had always been under the impression that most Pharm.Ds end up in retail or in the clinical side of things. Thats why I ended up doing the pharmaceutical science degree, because I wanted to get exposure to bench work or lab research. This leads me to ask:
Are there actually research-related careers within the drug industry for people who get a Pharm.D as opposed to the Ph.D? If you have any information on this, please do provide! I want to find out as much about research opprotunities with a Pharm.D as this forum can give.