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Originally Posted by n2oinferno
I think the "right" field always seems to be the wrong field when you're looking for a job. It took me a while to find a job in IT, and I only have what I have now because of who I know. Still don't make nearly enough money, always looking for something better. And although I have less than 10k in student loans I had to go and get myself a mortgage as well, haha. At least now I have a house for my kid to grow up in though. Oh well, worst case scenario is I buy something really cheap that I can thrash, wait till the wife's Camry is paid off in a couple years, and then I can go toy shopping.
I did work for Pfizer for a while, actually contracted as IT to one of their manufacturing plants. At the time I had access to their company forums, which didn't have trade secrets or anything but a lot of discussion among scientists and high-ups in the company. It seems like they do have new stuff trickling out, but the big push is combating generics and pointing out that the same active ingredients don't mean bioequivalence.
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For a generic drug to be approved by the FDA is must be bioequivalent to the brand name medication so that isn't correct. And combating generics is a losing battle in most cases, hence why every major brand-name pharma company owns a generic subsidiary to offset some of the money they lose. Pfizer had Greenstone, Boehringer Ingelheim has Roxane Labs, the list goes on and on. It's an amazing field, one that I am intensely passionate about, so it's just about finding a way in. I had an internship and I got immense praise from everyone I was in contact with so I'm hopign to secure another more permanant position with them.