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I personally know some very bright scientists who, having worked for more than 20
years in big pharma, have had no new drug approved in their careers.
The goal was to stop anti-competitive practices in legal settlements by established
players in Big Pharma.
In immuno - oncology — what might seem a classic «biotech - y»
niche in Big Pharma — Bristol might actually need some heft to be a market leader.
Poon manages the fastest - growing
business in Big Pharma, which accounts for about half of Johnson & Johnson's $ 42 billion in sales.
These are the most recent failures, and they follow a long list of drug
failures in Big Pharma's attempt to develop pharmaceutical products to treat Alzheimer's Disease.
He had observed that «what tends to
happen in big pharma is that people get slotted into one area and they may not see the big picture.»
In LaPlante's opinion, job
security in big pharma is not as stable as in other industries, but generally higher salaries attract those willing to make this tradeoff.
Whereas
scientists in big pharma previously expected to have secure jobs for life, Rees believes they now have no greater sense of job security than those in biotech.
He will write you a prescription for Prilosec and you or your insurance company will put
money in Big Pharma's pocket.
As a marketer, going on almost gosh, thirty years now (
starting in Big Pharma back in 1987), I can not comprehend this passivity.
My
decades in Big Pharma didn't prepare me for the enormity of the multitude of tasks required for online publishing, but it certainly helped me to embrace it.
While the supply of marketing and communications professionals is abundant, which provides a case for internally conducting searches of this type, there has been a shift in the need for this talent long -
term in big pharma.»
Try to talk with some people working in the industry, perhaps some old university colleagues who are now
working in big pharma.
I had spent seventeen
years in Big Pharma, and had seen first - hand the benefits of building relationships with physicians, administrators, and even receptionists (aka, gatekeepers).
Scott pivoted slightly, thinking that working
in Big Pharma might be more in tune with her nature.
«In terms of learning potential, I thought that there would be more to learn in a small biotech company than
in big pharma,» he explains.
Indeed, Andrew Garner's experience
in big pharma is closer to the norm.
However,
in Big Pharma I found it easy to look past these issues.
Executive Level Biotech / Pharmaceutical Sales Representative: Extensive experience
in both big pharma and start - up commercial organizations.