Career to Look Forward in MBA (Pharmaceutical Management)
The field of pharmaceutical management is vast and offers varied opportunities. A course in pharmaceutical management proved as a magic wand for the industry with proficient leaders getting trained in the pharmaceutical business. To handle the vast industry of pharmaceuticals there was the need of apt planning, smart organizing and right execution of ideas. And here enters the MBA in Pharmaceutical Management.
A student pursuing the course will be trained in following aspects of the business:
- Pharmaceuticals
- Principles of management
- Business environment
- Finance in Medical sector
- Physiology
- Consumer Behavior
- Quantitative Mathematics
- Drug management
- Brand management
- Human Resource Management
- Pharmacy Marketing
- Pharmacy professional communication
- Regulatory affairs
- Research methodology
- Marketing management
- Promotion marketing
- Qualitative methods
Career Prospects ahead:
A professional in Pharmaceutical Management has varied fields to explore like sales promotion, retail wholesale distribution, product management, medical journalism and many more. Research and Development is most crucial in the profession related to medicine, a student with a medical background can also opt to work as a research and development official and can get involved in new drug discovery and process development.
Institutes offering MBA in Pharmaceutical Management:
There are various courses offered in Pharmaceutical while some institutes provide full-time MBA degree. Here is the list of some of the institutes offering the course:
- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali offering MBA in Pharmaceutical Management
- Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai offering MBA in Pharmaceutical Management
- Indian Institute of Pharmaceutical Marketing (IIPM), Lucknow offering Masters Diploma in Pharma Management
- SIES college of Management Studies, Mumbai offering Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Management
Students with medical background who seek to enter the world of leaders and managers can opt for Pharmaceutical Management as a career option.
