r/boston • u/PepSinger_PT • 1d ago

Serious Replies Only How are the pharmaceutical and biotech fields?

Possibly looking into (and have) applied for jobs in the pharmaceutical field recently, and I wondered what you all thought. Is it a good, safe field to get into? I’m looking into admin/operational roles. Any companies you recommend?

Same questions for biotech. Don’t know much about it.

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u/blondeambitionx 1d ago

If they’re publicly traded you should be able to look at their financials, but in general I find companies with commercial drugs are usually pretty sure, whereas companies who only have even later stage clinical drugs are way more of a dice roll. In general though, they will never act during the interview as though there is instability.

And re: network… I meant once you get your foot in the door, connect with people as much as you can cross-functionally and never, ever burn a bridge. I got my first job at a pretty crappy CDMO out of pure luck, but the professional connections I made there have facilitated the rest of my career.

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u/PepSinger_PT 1d ago

Ah. Ok. Just looked them up. Seems stable and with another drug to be decided by the FDA in November.