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Career Advice from Industry Experts

I’ve tweeted and posted this on Facebook already (as well as blogged about it before), but I think it’s worthy of a lot more than that.
All Life Science jobseekers should check out this video: HERE.
It’s 4 Irish industry leaders: Owen Treacy (GM, Novo Nordisk Ireland), David Lloyd (Dean of Research, TCD), Joe Keenan (Director Sales [...]

Naming your scientific Start-Up company (for guaranteed success)

I was once told by my chemistry lecturer that the key to naming new drugs was for it to be easy enough for the public to say and understand, yet complex enough for the doctors to not feel left out. This is of course referring to their commercial names, not scientific names.
I feel the same [...]

Organisational overview of the Pharmaceutical Sector – Part A Clinical Affairs

The pharmaceutical sector plays an important role in Ireland and is responsible for a significant majority of Irish exports. The following is breakdown of the functions and organisation of the Clinical Affairs department within a typical pharmaceutical company. The clinical affairs department acts on the whole in tandem, with all departments interrelated and working together.

“The Future of the Life Sciences Industry” article

Below is our article as featured on pgs 46-47 of the “Life Science Industry” Reference/Yearbook 2009/2010.
Brian Christensen from Life Science Recruitment examines how the recent economic difficulties have affected the Life Sciences industry in Ireland.
The Life Science industry in Ireland has weathered the economic storm relatively unscathed. A sweeping statement perhaps? But one we believe [...]

Graduate Do’s and Don’ts

As a recruitment company we receive a huge amount of traffic and applications from graduates. We give each one a non-automated response, and return all emails requesting advice / tips, but it would be nicer to equip each one with a bit more information about how to approach the job seeking process. So here goes:

What’s hot right now

I intend this to become a semi-regular (semi so I’m not nailing myself to the cross!) on what areas we are seeing particular levels of activity in. So let’s get started:
Pharma / Medical Device Sales. My colleague Richard is always on the lookout for superb candidates who have extensive experience in these areas. All of [...]