Clinical research?

[FuturepharmD343]

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What does clinical research entail?

 

[Praziquantel86]

What does clinical research entail?

You'll need to expand on what you specifically want to know. That's a bit like asking what a career in the sciences is.

 

[FuturepharmD343]

What can a pharmD do in the field of clinical research. Does he observe the reactions of people to certain drugs? Does he boss people around? etc..

 

[megandupe]

A clinical research pharmacist works directly with a healthcare team on a granted research project. They go through stages of research to earn FDA approval (which typically takes 10-20yrs). I think stage 4 human trials is the final stage before FDA approval.

This profession usually requires a Phd, MS, or residency on top of your PharmD.

And no, they dont boss ppl around, thats what a dictator does.

 

[HmoobRX]

You don't necessarily have to work on a grant specific project or a healthcare team this is more academic institutional research. In clinical research, a pharmacist would be able to work for pharma companies and CROs. You could work as a project manager if you aren't looking to help dispense medications for specific study sites. Project managers help negotiate contracts with vendors specific to the study, prepare timelines for keeping the developmental process on track, and work with study budgets. You could also head up a pharmacovigilance department that handles all adverse events that come in for specific studies, assessing seriousness and notifying sponsor and the FDA of these events. If you worked on the regulatory side, your role would be to take care of all FDA submissions from the IND to the NDA. There are 3 phases to the drug development process that takes you up through approval of a drug. However, you can have phase 4 studies, which are post-marketing studies that occur after the drug has been approved.