Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals

Given the role played by pharmaceutical companies in the development and roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines, the pharmaceutical industry is perhaps more in the limelight than it has been for a generation. 

It is likely to continue to be a growth area that will be competing to recruit and retain the best talent. Therefore, it offers significant opportunities to postdocs considering a career beyond academia, be that within R&D functions or any number of other functions from commercial, project management or regulatory affairs. 

Employers engaged within this cluster to date include big pharma companies such as ViiV Healthcare, biotech SMEs such as F-Star Therapeutics and consultancies such as Astute Pharma Associates.