Why choose Pharmacy as a Career?

A Graduate degree in Pharmacy offers a vast number of rewarding career opportunities in the Health-care sector. Indian Pharmaceutical Industry is a rapidly growing sector, second only to IT, with a 15% annual growth rate and exports crossing Rs.15,000 crores. Annual demand of pharmacist is increasing in leaps and bounds. Pharmacists are needed by the Pharmaceutical Industry in different areas such as Manufacturing, Quality Assurance and Control, Regulatory Affairs, R&D and Marketing and Sales. Pharmacists are also needed in Government Regulatory Bodies concerned with Drug Control. In the Health Care Sector, a Pharmacy Graduate or Post Graduate can find employment in the Hospitals, in Retail, in Clinical Research and in Pharmacovigilance. Top pharmaceutical companies hiring pharmacist include Ranbaxy, Cadila, MicroLab, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, Novartis, AstraZeneca, Abbott Laboratories, Merck, USV Pharma etc