Pharmaceutical Health Policy & Management Pathway
What Can You Achieve in Health Policy
Career Paths
There are many successful paths for PharmD students interested in pursuing a career in fields such as outcomes research, management, drug development, regulatory affairs and health policy, such as:
- Regulatory affairs in government (United States FDA) or industry (Pharma and Biotech) setting
- Outcomes researcher in a managed care organization or industry environment
- Formulary management
- Clinical development in industry
- Academic research and teaching.
Job Titles
Some of the job titles held by health policy and management leaders who are pharmacists with requisite health policy and management skill sets include:
- Vice President, Worldwide Business Development for the OTC division of a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company
- Vice President, Clinical Research, Vision and Oral Health division of a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company
- Director of Global Regulatory Policy for a Fortune 500 Rx pharmaceutical company
- Senior Vice President, Pharmacy for a major California Chain Drug Store
- Director of Pharmacy affairs, Food and Drug Administration
- Faculty member of a leading School of Pharmacy
- Associate Dean of a leading School of Pharmacy
- Director, Global Outcomes Research, Fortune 500 Rx pharmaceutical company
- Director, Regulatory Affairs
- Director, Formulary Management/Pharmacy Benefit in Managed Care Organizations.
Many of those holding the positions listed above achieved the necessary skills through on-the-job experience, and did not have the opportunity during their formative educational years to create the solid footing they have.
Here at UCSF, you have that prospect -- the ability to learn at the beginning of your career the foundations of health policy and management from a committed high-quality faculty with your interests at heart and the public's need as their focus.
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