other jobs include working in research, clinical trials, marketing
To be a qp you need to know a lot of things (hence the name

) including:
Pharmacology of drug actives
Law relating to supply of medicines + manufacture etc
The technology behind the manufacture of medicines
Microbiology of medicines + products
I think to be a qp you also need to have a minimum experience in industry (1yr for pharmacists, although a lot more would be preferable) and relevant training