BPC session for students to throw spotlight on careers in pharmacy
 Career opportunities in pharmacy are to be the theme of a special programme for students at this year’s British
Pharmaceutical Conference on the afternoon of Wednesday 29 September.
The programme for the session, which was finalised this week, will take
the form of a series of 15- to 20-minute addresses examining pharmacy
career opportunities in a number of areas, including primary care, community,
hospital, industry and government. There will also be advice for those
aiming to start up their own pharmacy businesses.
The session will be chaired jointly by Duncan Craig, head of pharmacy
in the school of chemical sciences and pharmacy at the University of
East Anglia, and Tommy Dolan, group director, pharmaceutical research
and development, at Pfizer.
After a chairmen’s introduction by Professor Craig and Dr Dolan
at 1.45pm, the following talks will be given:
· 2pm, “Industry (research and development): developing tomorrow’s
medicines” by Julie Cahill, senior pharmaceutical scientist, AstraZeneca
· 2.15pm, “Academia: moulding the next generation of pharmacists” by
Yvonne Perrie, lecturer in pharmaceutics, Aston University
· 2.30pm, “Primary care trusts: managing the many interfaces in
health care” by Janet Corbett, pharmaceutical adviser, Milton Keynes
Primary Care Trust
· 2.45pm, “The PhD experience” by Myrto Xyloyiannis, Aphton
Corporation.
· 3.20pm, “Community pharmacy: the first point of call for the
patient” by Noel Wicks, director, Advanced Complementary Medicine
Services Ltd, and a member of the Society’s Council
· 3.35pm “Industry (regulatory affairs): taking medicines to the
market” by Aileen Fischer, Pfizer
· 3.50pm “Hospital pharmacy: at the heart of the health care team” by
Lyn Hanning, South-West Medicines Information and Training, Bristol Royal
Infirmary
· 4.05pm, “Starting your own company: greed is good” by Navid
Malik, Williams de Broë Plc (investment bank)
· 4.20pm, “Working as a pharmacist in a government agency: Medicines
and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency” by Sarah Branch, post-licensing
assessment group, MHRA.
The session concludes at 4.35pm with a 25-minute panel discussion.
Gill Hawksworth, chairman of the BPC Conference Committee, said: “This
special session for students is a new initiative for BPC and we are delighted
by the level of support it has already received. We hope that by encouraging
students to attend BPC we can sow the seeds for a future generation of
delegates.”
Ruth Duncan, Science Chairman for BPC 2004, said: “Rapid progress
towards innovative therapies for improved treatment of life-threatening
and debilitating diseases lies in the hands of the current and the next
generation of pharmaceutical scientists. As all pharmacy undergraduate
students now undertake a masters degree, I am particularly delighted
that they will be attending BPC 2004, not only to learn more of the opportunities
open for their own career development, but also to share all their exciting
and inventive ideas for future medicines research.”
A special day rate of £5 + VAT is available for students attending
BPC on 29 September. Places are limited and early booking via the BPC
website at www.bpc2004.org is advised.
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