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Veterinary Pharmaceutical Jobs

The overall trend in Big Pharma towards separating animal health from human health continues to expand with several Pharmaceutical enterprises buying, selling or exchanging Veterinary Pharmaceutical assets.

A career opportunity in a Veterinary Pharmaceutical role provides a wide range of opportunities that is significantly different to Veterinary Hospital or Veterinary Public Health environments. If the immediacy of dealing with emergency cases or infectious outbreaks is of less appeal to you, then the world of Big Pharma awaits with open arms.

In parallel with this trend comes rapid changes in the Veterinary Pharmaceutical jobs arena with some organisations scaling back employment because of duplication as a result of mergers of acquisitions whilst others are rapidly expanding as they reap the rewards of less competition and growth.

There is an aspect of glass-half-full/glass-half-empty in the Animal Health industry with large animal and agricultural consolidations being offset by the significant growth in companion animal markets. The largest factor influencing the recruitment of Veterinarians in this industry is the continuing demand for new drugs for companion animals, being driven in part by changing consumer trends consumers and overall improvement in socio-economic living standards. Globally just over ten percent of all qualified Veterinarians work in the Pharmaceutical or Agricultural Veterinary space and there are three main areas:

  • Veterinary pharmaceuticals and biologicals
  • Veterinary biotechnology
  • Veterinary diagnostics

Why Veterinary Pharmaceutical Jobs

The range of Veterinary Pharmaceutical Job opportunities covers an extremely diverse portfolio and includes drug products, equipment, technology and innovative care solutions. Veterinary Pharmaceutical work is a highly admired alternative career path to a Veterinary Hospital and Practice work or Veterinary Public Health and Community career.

Types Of Veterinary Pharmaceutical Jobs

  • Veterinary Product Managers
  • Veterinary Project Managers
  • Veterinary Advisor
  • Veterinary Sales
  • Laboratory Animal Veterinarians
  • Veterinary Research and Development
  • Veterinary Pharmacy
  • Veterinary Pathology
  • Veterinary Scientist
  • And many more

In addition there are opportunities in biomedical research and educational disciplines, including neuroscience, cancer and behavioral research.

Qualifications

  • A four-year degree from and accredited college or university equivalent to a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from an AVMA or RCVS or similar or equivalent accredited institution
  • Completion of a post-DVM training/residency program in the specialty pharmaceutical area of interest
  • Board Certified in the specialty pharmaceutical area of interest
  • PHD for Veterinary Scientific roles
  • Eligible for USDA or equivalent international eligibility

Veterinary Pharmaceutical Companies

Needless to say, the majority of Veterinary Pharma jobs are with the large Animal Pharmaceutical companies such as

  • Zoetis
  • CEVA Sante Animale
  • Novartis
  • Abbot
  • Sanofi
  • Merck & Co
  • Bayer

In addition to these organisations there is an entire tier of modest size firms focusing on R&D for Animal Health and often sun-contracted to these larger organisations. And then there are all the equipment manufacturers, software developers, drug producers, diagnostics and testing laboratories as well as the distribution channel managers that get pharmaceutical products to the coalface.

Salaries and Benefits

The job opportunities to Veterinarians in the Pharma space provide the highest salaries of any category of Veterinarian employment, with an average salary of around $187,415 (2017 AVMA). Along with the public sector, the industry also offers generous plans for life insurance, pension plan, and medical coverage.

In Conclusion

A career opportunity in a Veterinary Pharmaceutical role provides a wide range of opportunities that is significantly different to Veterinary Hospital or Veterinary Public Health environments. If the immediacy of dealing with emergency cases or infectious outbreaks is of less appeal to you, then the world of Big Pharma awaits with open arms.

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