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- The pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry consists of about 2,500 places of employment, located throughout the country.
- These include establishments that make pharmaceutical preparations or finished drugs; biological products, such as serums and vaccines; bulk chemicals and botanicals used in making finished drugs; and diagnostic substances such as pregnancy and blood glucose kits.
- Within biotechnology, scientists have learned a great deal about human genes, but the real work — translating that knowledge into viable new drugs — has only recently begun.
Did You Know?
- The pharmaceutical services industry ranks among the fastest growing manufacturing industries.
- Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing provides about 291,000 wage and salary jobs.
- More than 6 out of 10 workers have a bachelor’s, master’s, professional, or Ph.D. degree - twice the proportion for all industries combined.
- Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing provides about 291,000 wage and salary jobs. Fifty - nine percent of all jobs are in large establishments employing over 500 workers.
- Earnings are much higher than in other manufacturing industries.
Planning The Future Of Your WorkforceMake sure that your company is ready to meet the challenges of tomorrow:
Make sure that your company is ready to meet the challenges of tomorrow:
- Build pools of prospects by job function and contact them as positions become available.
- Develop formal career plans for employees based on what motivates them to grow, excel and contribute.
- Select people based on broader criteria than industry experience, technical competency, personality and intuition.
- Groom managers for future senior – level roles – there will be few qualified mid - managers available for promotion.
- Work toward developing a workforce consisting of full - time employees supplemented with flexible contractors and consultants.
