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The WetFeet Insider Guide to Careers in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals by Wetfeet Staff
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Publisher: Wetfeet.Com (8/15/2003) ISBN: 1582073163 Paperback: 130 pages Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches Average Customer Review: based on 5 reviews.
Interested in saving the world-from a disease? Work in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, and you'll have the chance. Insiders love the variety of opportunity and challenges their work poses. And with the population aging and international markets blossoming, this industry has a promising outlook. This Insider Guide covers a ton of information including: What's involved in the product development cycle (it can take more than a decade to take a new drug to market) The opportunities (everything from sales and marketing to engineering and science) available for undergraduates and MBAs Background information and a glossary of common industry terms that will help you sound like you're an old pro Profiles of more than a dozen of the biggest pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the world Special information on the recruiting process Specific tips on how you can land a job

Customer Reviews
good to know... that at least the biotech market is experiencing good growth. i liked this guide for the specific info it gave on where those areas of growth are as well as the pros and cons for working in that industry. all in all, it gave me a good feel for what i can do once i graduate with my biology degree--and also important, how much i can expect to make (good for when i finally get into salary negotiations! would hate to be low-balled!). i'm thinking i'd like to go work at a biotech or pharmaceutical company, maybe get into one of their special undergraduate programs and then go back to school for my master's. this guide gave me the tools i need to target the specific companies that match my interests.

Great Starter I thought this guide was really helpful to evaluate the industry overall and see where I fit in. It should also come in handy for answering questions intelligently when it comes time to interview. I can see from the above review that a PhD candidate didn't find it very helpful, but I don't think this guide is primarily for PhDs. It's a general starter for those who are seriously cosidering a career in biotech and pharmaceuticals, but who might not have the structure and advisory help that PhDs have.

Great way to start your search! This book is an great resource. As a non-tech person interested in biotech, I found it extremely approachable. Recommended.

Great intro to the industry This is an excellent intro to the biotech and pharmaceutical industry--especially if you want to figure out how the industry stacks up, what kinds of opportunities there are, and how to go about finding a job with a firm. I worked at a dot com and decided that I wanted to try something new--biotech seems to be one of the few industries that's still growing today. This guide has helped me identify and pursue a number of opportunities at some very interesting companies. Like other wetfeet publications, it's also a great read.

Inadequate for For $30 I expected a whole lot more. The majority of information is superficial and provides very little useful information for a person that is in the process of getting into this industry. I found the book to be more appropriate for those considering a career in the biotech industry. The industry breakdown section gives a very general overview of the different types of companies. There are a few pages of tables that I found useful particularly the number of jobs industry-wide categorized by employment function. There are 15 pages of company profiles that offer very general information. Looking up the stock symbol on Yahoo would give a much more in depth view of the company (of course that's free). The description of jobs was very brief weighing heavily on those jobs requiring business degrees. I very much liked the section that profiled real people in industry. I was very interested in reading the profile of a Ph.D scientist, but guess what there was no profile for this. There was some useful information on interview tips. Overall I'd say that the information contained within this book is minimally useful and definately not worth $30. In particular, the useful information for a Ph.D. is woefully lacking. On the positive side, as I review the Wet Feet website, I see a lot of useful information there. Since this company is relatively young, hopefully future versions will be more comprehensive.