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Careers in Pharmaceutics

Careers in Pharmaceutics. Pharmaceutics. Body of scientific knowledge dealing with the design, fabrication, and evaluation of drug products capsules, ointments, injectables, sustained release tablets, transdermal patches, inhalers, pumps, implants, lipid-based systems

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Careers in Pharmaceutics

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  1. Careers in Pharmaceutics

  2. Pharmaceutics • Body of scientific knowledge dealing with the design, fabrication, and evaluation of drug products • capsules, ointments, injectables, sustained release tablets, transdermal patches, inhalers, pumps, implants, lipid-based systems • Patients don’t take drugs; they take drug products!

  3. Drug Product Performance drug substance excipients Drug product manufacturing method on bioavailability? Drug structure on absorption or metabolism? Relation between drug disposition profile in body and drug action profile? drug product absorption or input metabolism distribution in body elimination drug action

  4. Drug Development Process therapeutic interest chemical synthesis pharmacology pharmaceutics human studies new drug product

  5. Multi-disciplinary • chemistry • biology • engineering and materials science • medical sciences • mathematics

  6. Areas of Employment • pharmaceutical industry • academic • government

  7. Median Salaries • $63,000 if less than 5 years • $78,000 if between 5 - 10 years • $94,000 if between 10 - 20 years • data from a 1997 AAPS survey of pharmaceutical scientists with a Ph.D. degree

  8. Pharmaceutics Graduate Programs • Schools of Pharmacy (within Pharmaceutical Science or Pharmaceutical Chemistry departments) • students from varied backgrounds • about 5 years of study (course work and laboratory research)

  9. Graduate Student Salaries • Generally $1,500 /month plus benefits and tuition • Not like undergraduate!

  10. Things to Do • enjoy current studies/job • summer or part-time research position at university or company • talk to scientists and professors • request information from prospective graduate programs • AAPS meeting (www.aaps.org) • journals: Pharm Res, J Pharm Sci, and www.pharmsci.org

  11. Pharmaceutics • stimulating • rewarding • fun

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