Careers within the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industry:

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Careers within the Pharmaceutical and
Biotechnology industry The insiders view Chris
Britten Director, Venture Investments Worldwide
Business Development chris.j.britten_at_gsk.com www
.gsk.com
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Or. What can I do if I dont want to be a bench
scientist but still want to remain in science?
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• What do I do, how did I get there, where am I
  going next?
• Discovery/Development of a new medicine - roles
  of life scientists
• Options outside the industry
• Final thoughts

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Career to date 1
BSc (Hons) Biology Univ of York (1988)
PhD Biochemistry Univ of York/Pennsylvania
(1992)
Senior Scientist, Glaxo Group Research (1992-1997)
Principal Scientist, GlaxoWellcome RD (1997-1999)
Project Leader, GlaxoWellcome RD (1999-2001)
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Career to date 2
Exec MBA London Business School (1999-2001)
Director, GSK Ventures, GlaxoSmithKline
(2002-2003)
Director, Venture Investments, GlaxoSmithKline
(2003- )
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What do I actually do?
Divestment of non-core RD projects/Out-licensing
of intellectual property
Identification of potential assets scientific
and commercial review Identification of
potential partners/customers Relationship
building Negotiation of term sheets Internal
approvals Due diligence Negotiation of
contracts Asset transfer
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Opportunities within Drug Discovery and
Development
Drug Discovery
Discovery Research
Genetics Research
Preclin. Devel.
New Product Development

• Target i.d.
• Disease-related gene discovery
• Pharmaco-genomics

• Gene expression
• Protein production
• HTS
• Lead identification

• Lead optimisation
• Disease tissue testing
• Product profiling
• Therapeutic focus

• Safety
• Toxicology
• Formulation
• Disease models

• Clinical testing in man
• Phase I - III clinical testing
• Phase IV - post-marketing
• surveillance
• PLEs, life-cycle management

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Opportunities within Pharma and Biotech companies

• RD Science gene/protein/cell science, drug
  discovery, tech dev
• Project/portfolio Management
• Pharmaceutical Development (including PK/PD)
• Clinical Development
• Regulatory Affairs
• Sales and Marketing
• Manufacturing

• Business Development
• Alliance Management
• Finance and Operations
• Intellectual Property

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Options outside the industry, but closely
associated

• Investment banking equity analysis, corporate
  finance, MA
• Consultancy operations, finance, supply chain,
• organisational (structures and change
  management),
• scenario planning
• Venture Capital
• Legal
• Healthcare providers
• Healthcare regulation (e.g. NICE, MCA)
• Global academia

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Whats it worth?!

• Salary range 28-30k ( bonus?)
• Pension scheme
• Share schemes/Profit share
• Private health/dentistry coverage
• Holidays
• On-site catering/gym

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• Considerations
• What interests you?
• What motivates you?
• How ambitious are you?
• What is important to you?

• What qualifications do I need? (e.g. MD, ACA,
  MBA, Law, RA)
• What is that job really like?
• What is happening in the real world that may
  affect any/all of the above?

• Think long-term

• You can always change!

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