This integrated program opens up career avenues in the fields of Pharmacy and Management. Since it is an integrated position, the management positions are often offered either in pharmaceutical companies or companies which are associated with pharmacy.
Job Profile |
Description |
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Medical Representative |
Medical Representatives are the point of contact between pharmaceutical companies and healthcare professionals and are responsible for promoting pharma products. |
Clinical Researcher |
A Clinical Researcher follows a set protocol or plan to develop new drugs or medicines or assists in new discoveries. |
Market Research Analyst |
The job requires the person to develop research at expert level through production and use statistical analysis to manage market research specific to pharmaceutical industry. |
Medical Writer |
A Medical Writer is employed by pharmaceutical companies and other organizations in the domain of health and medicine. Their job is to produce authentic and engaging content for sources such as medical journals, pamphlets, medical magazines and webzines etc. |
Analytical Chemist |
The job profile includes the analytical testing of samples and technical record keeping in laboratories. |
Some other job profiles include Drug Distribution Analyst, Drug Inspector, Medical Representative, Medical Reviewer, Product Executive/Specialist etc.
The course provides the benefit to the students to work either for international and multinational companies or for public sector initiatives in India. The jobs, mostly, after doing an MBA are that of management while a person can also choose to go for higher studies and pursue a teaching career in the field or a specialization in Pharmaceutical industry and pursue research in various drugs and medicines.
B.Pharm+MBA: Salary Trends
The Indian Pharma industry is set to expand as per the “Pharma Vision 2020” adopted by Indian government. By 2020, Indian Pharmaceutical market is set to be the sixth largest market in size. Pharmaceuticals sales too are expected to rise by 27% in 2016 from 18% in 2008. This exponential rise is bound to increase employment opportunities in this sector.
The graph below shows the current trend in salary and employment in Pharmaceutical industry and associated managerial aspects.
Top Recruiters
Some of the top recruiters for B.Pharm. and MBA integrated program graduates are listed below:
- Fortis HealthCare
- Apollo Hospitals
- Columbia Asia
- Medanta
- Max Healthcare
- Dr. Lal Path Labs
- Global Hospitals
- Wockhardt Hospitals
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