Pharmaceutical Chemistry

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Pharmaceutical Chemistry
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Pharmaceutical chemistry is concerned with
healthcare the design, synthesis and testing of
new medicines in a new era of detailed knowledge
of genes and determining 3-dimensional molecules.
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• Job functions can include
• Identifying drug targets
• against disease.
• designing and creating
• new cures.
• Designing safer and more effective drugs.

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Places of Employment
Pharmaceutical Company Research
Institute University
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Personal Characteristics

• Analytical
• Persistent
• Patient
• Problem Solving
• Inventive

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Job Outlook
Employment of Chemists is expected to grow more
slowly than the average rate for all occupations
through 2014. With a bachelors degree you may
find jobs in sales, marketing, and middle
management Within the chemical industry jobs are
expected to be most obtainable in pharmaceutical
and biotechnology firms. Despite downsizing job
openings will result from the need to replace
chemists who leave the labor force.
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Education Requirements A bachelors degree in
chemistry Is the minimum educational
requirement Many research jobs require a
masters degree or more often a Ph.D
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Web Sites

• www.dundee.ac.uk/lifesciences
• www.bls.gov
• www.pubs.acs.org/chemjobs
• www.nycareerzone.org
• www.indiana.edu