We need to know that the pharmaceutical industry in the UK is possible the most tightly regulated in the world. The role of regulatory affairs jobs is to ensure that these high standards are met.
Developing and selling pharmaceuticals is highly regulated in the UK. Everything from the packaging down to what can be written and said about a product must go throug strict regulatory process in order to ahead.
Throughout a products lifespan there will likely be line extensions in the form of new dosages available, along with new trials published relating the drug with implications for it's usage. It is the people in regulatory affairs jobs who must apply these strict controls to their company's products, materials and all aspects of sales and marketing.
To gain entry to regulatory affiars, typically you will have a science degree with a knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and it's regulatory processes, even if by research rather than experience. You will need good written, communication and presentation skills.
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Nowadays many companies recruit for a broad range of permanent and interim Regulatory Affairs roles, ranging from Regulatory Affairs Officers up to Senior Directors and Global Heads of Regulatory Operations. These positions span a range of companies, from niche and full-service CROs, biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical companies of all sizes and a range of government and charitable organisations.
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Regulatory Affairs
Hays Pharma provides specialised regulatory affairs talent on either a permanent or temporary basis that can be sourced on a global basis.
These professionals can be sourced as individuals or as a full project team and can assist you with a range of regulatory tasks such as clinical trial applications, regulatory submissions, liaison with regulatory authorities, importation & exportation requests, recognition filings, due diligence audits, product classification and national pricing strategy. Typical searches we undertake are for;
Regulatory Affairs Consultants - Pharma, Biotech and Medical Devices Regulatory Affairs Executives Directors and VP's of Regulatory.
Hays Pharma provides specialised regulatory affairs talent on either a permanent or temporary basis that can be sourced on a global basis.
These professionals can be sourced as individuals or as a full project team and can assist you with a range of regulatory tasks such as clinical trial applications, regulatory submissions, liaison with regulatory authorities, importation & exportation requests, recognition filings, due diligence audits, product classification and national pricing strategy. Typical searches we undertake are for;
Regulatory Affairs Consultants - Pharma, Biotech and Medical Devices Regulatory Affairs Executives Directors and VP's of Regulatory.
Medical Assistants In High Demand
Looking for a new career in the health care industry? You might want to consider becoming a medical assistant.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of medical assistants is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2012. They say that the increasing use of medical assistants across all rapidly growing health care industries will result in fast employment growth for this occupation. In fact, medical assistants is projected to be the fastest growing occupation over the 2002-12 period.
The health services industry is expanding because of technological advances in medicine, and a growing and aging population. Due to the expansion and growth in group practices, hospitals, medical centers, clinics, and healthcare facilities, many more support personnel will be needed, especially medical assistants who will be able to handle both administrative and clinical duties.
What do Medical Assistants do?
Medical assistants perform routine administrative and clinical tasks. They provide much needed daily assistance to keep the doctors, podiatrists, chiropractors, and other health care offices running efficiently and smoothly. Their duties will vary from office to office, depending on the location and size of the practice and the practitioner's specialty. In small practices, medical assistants usually are generalists, who would handle both administrative and clinical duties and report directly to an office manager, physician, or other healthcare practitioner. Those in large practices tend to specialize in a particular area, under the supervision of department administrators.
Some of the many administrative duties performed include answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patient medical records, filling out insurance forms, handling correspondence, scheduling appointments, arranging for hospital admission and laboratory services, and handling billing and bookkeeping.
The clinical duties performed would vary according to State law and may include taking medical histories and recording patient vital signs, explaining treatment procedures to patients, preparing the patients for their examination, and assisting the doctor during the examination. Medical assistants collect and prepare laboratory specimens or perform basic laboratory tests on the premises, dispose of contaminated supplies, and sterilize medical instruments. They also instruct patients about medications, special diets, prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician, authorize drug refills as directed, telephone prescriptions to a pharmacy, draw blood, prepare patients for x rays, take electrocardiograms, remove sutures, and change dressings. They may also arrange examining-room instruments and equipment, purchase and maintain supplies and equipment, and keep waiting and examining rooms neat and clean.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of medical assistants is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2012. They say that the increasing use of medical assistants across all rapidly growing health care industries will result in fast employment growth for this occupation. In fact, medical assistants is projected to be the fastest growing occupation over the 2002-12 period.
The health services industry is expanding because of technological advances in medicine, and a growing and aging population. Due to the expansion and growth in group practices, hospitals, medical centers, clinics, and healthcare facilities, many more support personnel will be needed, especially medical assistants who will be able to handle both administrative and clinical duties.
What do Medical Assistants do?
Medical assistants perform routine administrative and clinical tasks. They provide much needed daily assistance to keep the doctors, podiatrists, chiropractors, and other health care offices running efficiently and smoothly. Their duties will vary from office to office, depending on the location and size of the practice and the practitioner's specialty. In small practices, medical assistants usually are generalists, who would handle both administrative and clinical duties and report directly to an office manager, physician, or other healthcare practitioner. Those in large practices tend to specialize in a particular area, under the supervision of department administrators.
Some of the many administrative duties performed include answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patient medical records, filling out insurance forms, handling correspondence, scheduling appointments, arranging for hospital admission and laboratory services, and handling billing and bookkeeping.
The clinical duties performed would vary according to State law and may include taking medical histories and recording patient vital signs, explaining treatment procedures to patients, preparing the patients for their examination, and assisting the doctor during the examination. Medical assistants collect and prepare laboratory specimens or perform basic laboratory tests on the premises, dispose of contaminated supplies, and sterilize medical instruments. They also instruct patients about medications, special diets, prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician, authorize drug refills as directed, telephone prescriptions to a pharmacy, draw blood, prepare patients for x rays, take electrocardiograms, remove sutures, and change dressings. They may also arrange examining-room instruments and equipment, purchase and maintain supplies and equipment, and keep waiting and examining rooms neat and clean.
5 good reason for Medical sales people to call on retail chemists
In my early days in medical sales, retail chemist calls were a bit of a mystery. On the training course they were presented as a quick way of gaining useful information regarding your local GPs prescribing patterns. As I visited pharmacies to ask what the local GPs were doing it was rather soul destroying to be frequently told to bog off!
What my training course had failed to teach me, is that although calls on retail pharmacy can be invaluable, as a general rule in both life and business, people rarely give you something for nothing!! Up to a point, all I was getting out of the 1 hour a day set aside for chemist calls was a little bit of exercise and a few free cups of tea. It was an experienced peer who suggested I needed to provide my pharmacists with a useful service to build a relationship with them. Once the emotional bank account is in credit, your chances of gaining something back are far higher.
From this point forward, I took a different approach to my calls. Patients are often a little daunted by their visit to the Doctors. As a result, it's only when they reach the chemist with their prescription they realise they actually no nothing about their new treatment, so they ask the pharmacist. At this point, a pharmacist who has recently been briefed regarding the treatment by a medical rep can look very good in front of his customer through being able to explain what it's all about. Every time we had an change in license, a new dosage or any developments, I would visit the pharmacies to keep them updated. The impact was excellent. All of a sudden I had pharmacists readily available to track local prescribing, happy to put stock on their shelves for me with new products, and supporting my cause in their capacity on local prescribing groups.
What my training course had failed to teach me, is that although calls on retail pharmacy can be invaluable, as a general rule in both life and business, people rarely give you something for nothing!! Up to a point, all I was getting out of the 1 hour a day set aside for chemist calls was a little bit of exercise and a few free cups of tea. It was an experienced peer who suggested I needed to provide my pharmacists with a useful service to build a relationship with them. Once the emotional bank account is in credit, your chances of gaining something back are far higher.
From this point forward, I took a different approach to my calls. Patients are often a little daunted by their visit to the Doctors. As a result, it's only when they reach the chemist with their prescription they realise they actually no nothing about their new treatment, so they ask the pharmacist. At this point, a pharmacist who has recently been briefed regarding the treatment by a medical rep can look very good in front of his customer through being able to explain what it's all about. Every time we had an change in license, a new dosage or any developments, I would visit the pharmacies to keep them updated. The impact was excellent. All of a sudden I had pharmacists readily available to track local prescribing, happy to put stock on their shelves for me with new products, and supporting my cause in their capacity on local prescribing groups.
The Four P's of an Informational Interview
A critical part of the pharmaceutical sales job search is the informational interview that you will conduct with your networking contacts. Obviously, these information-gathering meetings will provide you with valuable insight into things like day to day activities, company culture, professionalism, and overall mood of the company (or at least the rep you're interviewing). On the other hand, informational interview s give you a chance to practice the skills that you've acquired that will later be used in your interview. The PharmBoard Four P's should be able to help you get the most out of your informational interview .
1. Plan - As the old adage says, 'If you fail to plan, you've planned to fail'. As with any phone call, networking meeting, or sales call, you should enter the informational interview with a specific goal in mind. Here are a few things you might want to walk away from the interview having gained. * Information about the company's future - You may want to ask what the plans are for the sales force in the long term and short term. Does the company plan on launching any new drugs in the next few years? * Information about the contact herself - Does this contact have the ability to help me get a job in pharmaceutical sales - either directly or indirectly? What does this contact do on a daily basis? Does she enjoy her job? Does she find a sense of satisfaction in what she does? * The contact's input on how you might go about your search - Does the contact believe you need more sales experience? Does he believe you have the right demeanor to succeed in the job? Does he think you're overqualified? 2. Prepare - In other words, research. You will be amazed at . . . * How much more willing a contact is to talk business with you if you already know a bit about the business to begin with. Just as an auto racer would probably not be interested in answering the question, 'How do you start your car?', a professional pharmaceutical rep isn't typically impressed when a wannabe says, 'So, do you have to wear a suit every day?' * How much more fruitful your informational interview will be if you are in tune with the company and the industry goings on. Reps like to educate. They like to share their thoughts on the state of the industry and their company. They like to speculate - even about your future as a drug rep. If you can initiate some of these discussions, you will win. 3. Probe - It's all about putting your research into practice. The reason you research a customer, any customer, is to uncover needs. Probing acheives the same goal on a much more personal basis. Here are a few questions you might ask your 'interviewee' * What do you like most about your job? What do you like least? * What is your manager's management style? * Do you work alone or with a partner/partners? How does that work? * Do you plan on staying a pharma rep or moving on to different roles in your company? * This list is endless. You should try to ask for suggestions from others in the message boards. 4. Promote - Like it or not, your job search is a sales call. You must, above all else, create opportunites to promote yourself. If you are uncomfortable doing this you have two choices: a.) Get comfortable doing this. b.) Go to monster.com and do a search for 'cubicle jobs' because that's where you belong. Here are a few thoughts on how you might go about promoting yourself in an informational interview . * Be yourself. Let your true personality show through. Be businesslike but casual at the same time (if you don't know how, you should practice). * Let the person on the other side of the table know, without saying so, that you have done the other 3 P's beforehand. * Don't be shy about letting the 'interviewee' know that you are seriously considering a job in pharmaceutical sales.
1. Plan - As the old adage says, 'If you fail to plan, you've planned to fail'. As with any phone call, networking meeting, or sales call, you should enter the informational interview with a specific goal in mind. Here are a few things you might want to walk away from the interview having gained. * Information about the company's future - You may want to ask what the plans are for the sales force in the long term and short term. Does the company plan on launching any new drugs in the next few years? * Information about the contact herself - Does this contact have the ability to help me get a job in pharmaceutical sales - either directly or indirectly? What does this contact do on a daily basis? Does she enjoy her job? Does she find a sense of satisfaction in what she does? * The contact's input on how you might go about your search - Does the contact believe you need more sales experience? Does he believe you have the right demeanor to succeed in the job? Does he think you're overqualified? 2. Prepare - In other words, research. You will be amazed at . . . * How much more willing a contact is to talk business with you if you already know a bit about the business to begin with. Just as an auto racer would probably not be interested in answering the question, 'How do you start your car?', a professional pharmaceutical rep isn't typically impressed when a wannabe says, 'So, do you have to wear a suit every day?' * How much more fruitful your informational interview will be if you are in tune with the company and the industry goings on. Reps like to educate. They like to share their thoughts on the state of the industry and their company. They like to speculate - even about your future as a drug rep. If you can initiate some of these discussions, you will win. 3. Probe - It's all about putting your research into practice. The reason you research a customer, any customer, is to uncover needs. Probing acheives the same goal on a much more personal basis. Here are a few questions you might ask your 'interviewee' * What do you like most about your job? What do you like least? * What is your manager's management style? * Do you work alone or with a partner/partners? How does that work? * Do you plan on staying a pharma rep or moving on to different roles in your company? * This list is endless. You should try to ask for suggestions from others in the message boards. 4. Promote - Like it or not, your job search is a sales call. You must, above all else, create opportunites to promote yourself. If you are uncomfortable doing this you have two choices: a.) Get comfortable doing this. b.) Go to monster.com and do a search for 'cubicle jobs' because that's where you belong. Here are a few thoughts on how you might go about promoting yourself in an informational interview . * Be yourself. Let your true personality show through. Be businesslike but casual at the same time (if you don't know how, you should practice). * Let the person on the other side of the table know, without saying so, that you have done the other 3 P's beforehand. * Don't be shy about letting the 'interviewee' know that you are seriously considering a job in pharmaceutical sales.
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