Check out these 10 reasons to pursue a graduate degree with a concentration in Pharmaceutical Policy.
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This morning, while brushing your teeth, you crossed paths with the work of a pharmaceutical policy professional! Our graduates are involved in driving good regulatory practice and policy to advance public health for many common products, like food, medications, cosmetics and vitamins.
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You’ll always have dinner party fodder! Pharmaceutical policy professionals are fundamental to the challenging and headline-grabbing health care issues of today, including priority (expedited) review of new drugs, biosimilars, the opioid and ebola crises, blockchain and social media and patient privacy.
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If you think pharmaceutical policy is about filling out forms, think again. Policy professionals advise top-level executives and stakeholders on critical issues that affect business, financial and health policy. They’re involved in big-picture thinking and devise solutions for major business and public health problems.
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Travel the globe, or stay local. People that work in the pharmaceutical policy arena work across geographies (worldwide, national, state or local), as well as a diversity of pharmaceutical products, medical devices, food and much more.
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You have choices! Pharmaceutical policy professionals may work on a product through its entire life cycle. Or, you may choose to specialize in one area.
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Pharmaceutical policy professionals hail from many backgrounds, including medical or biological research, drug formulation, safety, clinical development, quality assurance, pharmacy, nursing, public health, as well as legal, engineering and business. A graduate degree is important for job advancement.
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Dot the I’s and cross the T’s. Pharmaceutical policy professionals all possess a keen attention to detail. It is essential to the critical work they do in safeguarding the health and well-being of millions of people worldwide.
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With the fast growth of new drug products, biotechnology, personalized medicine and artificial intelligence – to name just a few – the need for professionals who can blend a high level of technical knowledge with a focus on pharmaceutical policy challenges is expanding.
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Demand from Dubai to Delhi. Emerging markets across the globe offer expanded opportunities for pharmaceutical policy professionals to work in some of the most exciting geographic locations where change is happening.
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If you want to kick-start your career with an M.S., M.S. + M.B.A., or a Graduate Certificate with a specialty focus in Pharmaceutical Policy, enroll now in the UF online graduate program. At UF, we train pharmaceutical policy professionals to assume executive positions and who are ready to be change-makers.