“I joined the wonderfully exciting, demanding and rewarding pharma industry in 2007, and it has been an incredible journey.

I joined the pharmacovigilance part of industry as a keen post-PhD scientist, and since have had incredible opportunities including building and developing a successful drug safety consultancy business, working with and leading colleagues from more than 90 countries, living and working abroad and leading organisations and groups in roles ranging from Company Director of a small consultancy to Global Head and Global Director roles in two of the world's top 10 pharma companies.

I am a firm believer that if you have passion and purpose in what you do and you are courageous enough to grab hold of opportunities as they present themselves to you, you will have a joyous and successful career.”

Rebecca Godfrey, Founder / Team & Leadership Strategist

🎧 Listen to the From Pharmacovigilance to Leadership Development - Taking the Leap of Faith on your favourite platform!

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Rebecca shares what she loves about #Pharmacovigilance

Have you heard the full episode yet?

🎧 Listen to our full conversation on the #PharmadelicExperience podcast on your favourite platform.

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🎧 The thirteenth episode of the Pharmadelic Experience podcast on Regulatory Affairs and Quality in Medical Devices with Karandeep Singh Badwal is now live!

In this episode, we continue exploring unconventional career paths, this time #RegulatoryAffairs and #Quality in the Medical Device industry.

Even though he's has a Pharmaceutical background, Karandeep has worked in the Medical Device industry ever since his graduation. Starting his career wasn't easy - he virtually had no network, had to apply to hundreds of jobs and made numerous sacrifices at the beginning of his career, but that got him where he wanted to be.

I hope it inspires you as much as it inspired us and we hope you will be brave enough to try something different!

You can listen to the podcast on your favourite platform!

💭 Do you have any comments, feedback or an interesting career story to share? Message us directly on LinkedIn, Facebook or Instagram!

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📚 Book Giveaway!

Our #PharmadelicExperience guest Rebecca Godfrey has kindly donated us her recently released book, The Leadership Vaccine

The Leadership Vaccine is a brilliant story of a Scientist who had to learn the 5 Pillars of effective leadership while building his own business:

1️⃣ Culture
2️⃣ Scope
3️⃣ Structure
4️⃣ Staff Development
5️⃣ Process Excellence

Participate in a free giveaway on LinkedIn, Instagram or both!

Entering both will significantly increase your chances winning the book!

📆 Deadline: 30 July at 20:00 (CEST) - We will draw and announce the winners shortly after

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"Quality and Regulatory Affairs is a very unique role. Unlike many other positions, you have a top-line view of what the company is doing and get to have your say regardless of what level your position is. If you are an individual who enjoys autonomy and the ability to grow without any limits, with the limiting factor being only your potential, then this is the sort of role for you.
I enjoy the positive impact my role plays on people's lives and the fact that I play an integral part in ensuring product safety. The satisfaction I get from seeing the positive impact on end users as medical devices improves their lives is second to none."

Karandeep Singh Badwal, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Consultant Medical Devices

🎧 Listen to the Regulatory Affairs and Quality in Medical Devices podcast episode on your favourite platform!

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🎧 The 14th episode of the Pharmadelic Experience podcast on Becoming a Medical Science Liaison with Héctor Gálvez García is now live!

In this episode, we continue exploring unconventional career paths, this time #MedicalAffairs

We have already touched upon Medical Affairs in Episode 11 with Martina Lauš, but this time we explore a role of Medical Science Liaison. Héctor has become an MSL fairly recently. He worked in various other roles before he finally decided to make that career shift.

I hope it inspires you as much as it inspired us and we hope you will be brave enough to try something different!

You can listen to the podcast on your favourite platform!

💭 Do you have any comments, feedback or an interesting career story to share? Message us directly on LinkedIn, Facebook or Instagram!

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"It's not just about becoming a Medical Science Liaison (MSL). What's really important is to have a purpose and I insist on that. I'm working as an MSL, because I really want to bring Innovation to patients. And this is the force that is driving me every morning when I wake up and go to work. It's not only a job title. It is something that you really have inside of you. So I would recommend you to take any opportunity that you have, even if it's not directly related to the role you are seeking. You have to have an open mind and learn what the position is trying to teach you. Then you will have a lot of lessons that will help you transition into the role that you want."

Héctor Gálvez García, Medical Science Liaison

🎧 Listen to the Becoming a Medical Science Liaison podcast episode on your favourite platform!

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Have you missed the Career Talks: From Failing Pharmacy to Joining the Tech Industry livestream?

📆 You can now watch the recording in your own time!

💡 In the livestream David shared a very personal story of his journey of trial and error, which involved failing a Pharmacy degree and then embarking on a very interesting journey of career discovery, including pharmaceutical industry, consulting and tech.

David offered a lot of practical advice that you can use regardless of whether you are still a student or well into your career.

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Pharmadelic Experience Live with Rhys Llewellyn

📆 8 October at 21:00 BST / 22:00 CEST

✍️ Rhys is a current 4th year Pharmacy student at University of Birmingham. Throughout his studies he has been proactive, volunteering in British Pharmaceutical Students' Association (BPSA), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Pharmacist Support, etc. After finishing his 3rd year, Rhys took a gap year to do a year-long Industry Placement at GSK in Consumer Healthcare Supply Chain Program Management.

💡 In this Live interview, Rhys will talk about his extremely interesting journey from how he found his opportunities, the interview process, all about the student placement and what he's up to next. He will offer a lot of practical advice that you can use when applying for the GSK Industrial Placements.

The IG Live will be running from Pharmadelic IG and BPSA IG - Don't miss out!

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#PharmadelicExperience Live with Rhys starts in 10 minutes!

Join us live on Instagram and don't miss an opportunity to ask Rhys about his interview process, the internship or anything else!

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🎧 The 15th episode of the Pharmadelic Experience podcast on a Pharmacy Student in a Supply Chain Industry Placement with Rhys Llewellyn is now live!

In this episode, we continue exploring unconventional career paths, this time #SupplyChain

Rhys decided to take a gap year from his studies to do an Industry Placement at GSK. In this conversation, he took us through his whole journey from what inspired him to try something different, the whole application process and what Supply Chain is all about.

We hope it inspires you as much as it inspired us and we hope you will be brave enough to try something different!

You can listen to the podcast on your favourite platform!

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❗️ Announcing IG Live and a Giveaway ❗️

Pharmadelic Experience Live with Domas Urniežius

📆 2 December at 20:00 CET / 21:00 EET

💡 In this Live interview, Domas will talk about his extremely interesting journey from how he has been developing his own career path, the transition from being a Pharmacy student to Sales Team Lead, what sales is all about and how to find purpose in your work.

He will offer a lot of practical advice that you can use while building your career regardless if you are still a student, a recent graduate or already well into your career.

The IG Live will be running from Pharmadelic IG and LSMU SFD IG.
We are running a free Giveaway from both channels, so don't miss out!

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🥳 Happy New Year 2021!

Thank you for following Pharmadelic, we hope you are finding it useful!

We are on a journey to help Life Sciences students, graduates, and junior professionals discover and secure your dream careers.

To make it happen, we have been leading various initiatives throughout the past couple of years:

Entry-level Jobs
We regularly post entry-level jobs, based in Europe, which are relevant to Life Sciences students, graduates, and junior professionals with up to 2 years of experience. We know that finding your first job or changing a role is frustrating and time-consuming, so we want to make it easier for you.

You can search for jobs using hashtags by:

📍 Countries - #UK #Germany #Switzerland and similar

💼 Functional Areas - #Clinical #Consulting #MarketAccess #MedicalAffairs #Pharmacovigilance #Policy #Production #ProjectManagement #Quality #RegulatoryAffairs #ResearchAndDevelopment #SalesAndMarketing #SupplyChain #Tech

📑 Do you need to refresh your CV? here's our free template.

Pharmadelic Experience
There are hundreds of roles where your profile fits and you might not even know where to start exploring!

🎧 The #PharmadelicExperience Podcast was established to bring people's first-hand experiences directly to you. Each episode hosts an individual with a Life Sciences background. They talk about their journey, ups and downs and give a lot of practical advice.

The Podcast is available on all the major platforms, including Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts and SoundCloud.

Career Advice
This channel is full of practical career advice that will help you on your journey regardless whether you're still a student or well into your career. Find all the advice here #CareerAdvice

📺 We have also recorded a few #IGTV episodes, which you can watch on our Instagram.

Events
We often post interesting events, such as career fairs, webinars, workshops, and we even host our own! You can find all those here #Event

⏩ We wish to make Pharmadelic a hub that will be a first stop of every life sciences student, graduate and/or junior professional. This year we will work towards bringing the Community together to share experiences and learn from each other.

Are you finding Pharmadelic useful? Please spread the word and recommend it to anyone who might find it useful in starting their journey!

❗️ Announcing IG Live❗️

Pharmadelic Experience Live with Fokion Sinis

📆 14 April at 19:00 CEST

💡 Fokion is a Pharmacist and Health Economist with diverse experience in different aspects of the pharmaceutical world, spanning from Government & Politics to NGOs and Industry (Commercial, Market Access & Government Affairs) at different levels ranging from global HQ functions to affiliate operations. He has an extremely interesting story, having lived in 9 countries, spanning over 4 continents. He currently works as a Commercial Head for Trade & Revenue Management.

In this live interview, he will offer a lot of practical advice that you can use while building your career regardless if you are still a student, a recent graduate or already well into your career.

Don't miss out! Follow us on Instagram.

This IG Live is ran in collaboration with the Greek Pharmaceutical Students' Federation - Athens and Patras

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Have you missed yesterday’s #PharmadelicExperience Live with Fokion Sinis, Commercial Head?

It was an enlightening and inspiring conversation, full of real-life practical examples on how to develop a very successful career.

Here are three key takeaways:

1️⃣ Networking is number one. Many times people don’t reply, but you need to be out there, you need to expose yourself - Get in touch, be in touch, get more information, ask questions, ask for jobs. Today’s technology makes it easier to connect with people.

2️⃣ Getting that first job is difficult, it’s hard work. Fokion was rejected 50 times before getting his first job after graduation. Job interviews are very subjective and sometimes they can be unfair. Don’t give up if you keep getting rejected, keep trying. It will work the 51st time.

3️⃣ Keep stretching yourself. Stay flexible and keep adapting to changes. Don’t get in a comfort zone. The moment you get in a comfort zone, start looking for something new. Keep asking, keep changing functions or areas within the same function, and keep moving countries if possible. If the job description doesn’t scare you, don’t go for it.

Watch the replay here.

What’s was your highlight? Comment below!

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❗️ Announcing IG Live❗️

Pharmadelic Experience Live with Janice Geers

📆 20 April at 20:00 CEST

💡 Janice is a Pharmacist with diverse experience in different aspects of the pharmaceutical world, spanning from Community Pharmacy, NGOs and Industry. She currently works as a Market Access Manager at a global pharmaceutical company

In this live interview, she will talk about her career path, explain day in a life of a Market Access Manager, and offer a lot of practical advice that you can use while building your career regardless if you are still a student, a recent graduate or already well into your career.

Don't miss out! Follow us on Instagram.

This IG Live is ran in collaboration with the Vlaams Farmaceutisch Studenten Overleg

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The #PharmadelicExperience Live with Janice Geers on Market Access is about to start.

Join here

Have you missed yesterday’s #PharmadelicExperience Live with Janice Geers, Market Access Manager?

It was an enlightening and inspiring conversation, full of real-life practical examples on how to develop a very successful career.

Here are three key takeaways:

1️⃣ You are the owner of your own career path. Don't fear going into the wrong direction - There is no wrong direction, there is only your direction. If it works, great, if it does not, learn from it and take your next step.

2️⃣ Don't think in boxes and don't work from your ivory tower - Reach out and grow. People develop many transferable skills along the way that are very valuable. You can always develop these skills further to expand your skillset and evolve your career.

3️⃣ Evolving from one sector to another is possible when you want to do it. Don't ever think that you are stuck somewhere.

Watch the replay here.

What’s was your highlight? Comment below!

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❗️ Announcing IG Live❗️

Pharmadelic Experience Live with Janko Ignjatović

📆 25 May at 20:00 CEST

💡 Janko has an extensive experience in R&D. He currently works as a Development Project Manager at a global pharmaceutical company, where he's leading cross-functional teams in project planning within drug product development and taking into account accurate and appropriate timelines, milestones, budget and resources. He's also the President of the Organising Committee of Novartis BioCamp.

In this live interview, he will talk about his career path, explain day in a life of an R&D Project Manager, and offer a lot of practical advice that you can use while building your career regardless if you are still a student, a recent graduate or already well into your career.

Don't miss out! Follow us on Instagram.

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Have you missed yesterday’s #PharmadelicExperience Live with Janko Ignjatović, Development Project Manager?

It was an enlightening and inspiring conversation, full of real-life practical examples on how to develop a very successful career.

Here are three key takeaways:

1️⃣ Your actions should be purpose-driven.

2️⃣ Nurture your curiosity and expand your experiences. Start noticing what you need to do to go into the direction you want to go, understand how your role is connected to other areas, and develop broad experiences, which will help you progress.

3️⃣ Develop your knowledge and skills in the triangle: Science (or any other discipline), Business, and Digital/IT.

Watch the replay here.

What’s was your highlight? Comment below!

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