<<Student summer placements in industry>>

[abbersram]

I'm a second year pharmacy undergraduate student who has spent a great deal of time writing to pharmaceutical companies trying to get a summer placement in industry. So far, it seems that only Astra Zeneca and Covance Laboratories have summer placement opportunities. Unfortunately, their websites show none that are relevant to what I want experience in, which is medicinal chemistry or some sort of pharmaceutical R&D placement.

I've posted this thread in the hope that some of you may work for or know of pharmaceutical companies that offer industrial summer placements to pharmacy undergraduates.

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.

[MPharm]

Originally Posted by abbersram

I'm a second year pharmacy undergraduate student who has spent a great deal of time writing to pharmaceutical companies trying to get a summer placement in industry. So far, it seems that only Astra Zeneca and Covance Laboratories have summer placement opportunities. Unfortunately, their websites show none that are relevant to what I want experience in, which is medicinal chemistry or some sort of pharmaceutical R&D placement.

I've posted this thread in the hope that some of you may work for or know of pharmaceutical companies that offer industrial summer placements to pharmacy undergraduates.

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.

Which university are you attending? And how do you find the placement? Would you mind sharing with me?

[abbersram]

I go to nottingham uni. To find placements, first I'd contact staff at your uni who are involved in research and ask if they run any placement programmes. Then, look on the ABPI careers website and they give a list of pharmaceutical companies offering student placments.

[MPharm]

Originally Posted by abbersram

I go to nottingham uni. To find placements, first I'd contact staff at your uni who are involved in research and ask if they run any placement programmes. Then, look on the ABPI careers website and they give a list of pharmaceutical companies offering student placments.

Is the post for summer placement available at ABPI only opened to Nottingham's students? Thanks!!

[nenah]

nottingham uni eh?? am applyin ther nd av got an interview, wut did they ask in ure interview??

[abbersram]

Originally Posted by MPharm

Is the post for summer placement available at ABPI only opened to Nottingham's students? Thanks!!

No, it's just a page full of info open to everyone

[abbersram]

Originally Posted by nenah

nottingham uni eh?? am applyin ther nd av got an interview, wut did they ask in ure interview??

I can't really remember what theyask, but it's nothing to get nervous about. I think they just ask about why you wanna do the course and what you wanna do after. They might ask you something pharmacy-related, like something that's been in the news recently, but I can't quite remember.

[richtagg]

Many more placements are available, last year the following places where available (this may have changed from this year so please politely ask if there are summer placements available):

Abbott Laboratories Ltd.
Queenborough
Kent
ME11 5EL.
Contact: Les Muggeridge
Tel: 01795 580099
Email: ukqueenboroughhr@abbott.com
www.abbott.com
Ten industrial placements of 1 year's duration for 2nd and 3rd year
university students and
Twenty vacancies of 1 year's duration for pre-university students
within the following departments:
MS&T(Manufacturing, Science and Technology)
Materials Management
QA Chemical
QA Bio Labs
MIS (Management Information Services)

Amgen Ltd
240 Cambridge Science Park
Milton Road
Cambridge
CB4 OWD
Contacts: Kath Gould, Ciona Sutton and Emma Poultney
Tel: 01223 420305
Email: uk-human-resources@uk.amgen.com
www.amgen.com
Vacancies which do arise within the company are generally advertised in
the local and national press and journals specifically relating to pharmacy

AstraZeneca R&D Charnwood
Bakewell Road
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 5RH
Contact: Anne Higgins
Email: anne.higgins (the at sign here) astrazeneca.com
www.astrazeneca.com
Five vacancies of ten week’s duration within the following department:
Research & Development


AstraZeneca PAR&D Macclesfield
Product Development
B7, Lab Block
Silk Road Business Park
Macclesfield
Cheshire, SK10 2NA.
Contact: Sarah Dilworth
Email: sarah.dilworth (put in the at sign) astrazeneca.com
www.astrazeneca.com
A range of vacancies of ten week’s duration in the following areas:
Preformulation, formulation, clinical trials supplies, commercial
manufacturing.

Bristol-Myers Squibb
Uxbridge Business Park,
Sanderson Road,
Uxbridge,
Middlesex UB8 1DH.
Contact: Jane Nicholson, Regulatory Affairs
Tel: 01895 523000
Email: jane.nicholson (the at sign here) bms.com
www.bms.com
One vacancy of eight weeks duration available within the Regulatory
Affairs department

Bristol-Myers Squibb
Pharmaceutical Research Institute
Reeds Lane
Moreton
Wirral
Merseyside
CH46 1QW
Contact: Norma Marsden, Human Resources Department
Email: norma.marsden (the at sign in here) bms.com
www.bms.com
One/two vacancies of twelve weeks duration available within the
Pharmaceutics R&D group.


Merck Sharp & Dohme
Development Laboratories
Hertford Road
Hoddesdon
Herts.,
EN11 9BU.
Contact: Dr. Shaun Fitzpatrick
Email: Shaun_fitzpatrick (put in the at sign here) merck.com
Two vacancies of normally six - ten weeks (but flexible) duration within
the following department:
Formulation and Process Development

Controlled Therapeutics (Scotland)
1 Redwood Place
Peel Park Campus
East Kilbride
G74 5PB.
Contact: Janet Halliday
Tel: 01355 239166
www.ctscotland.com
One vacancy of twelve weeks’ duration available within the following
department:
Formulation/clinical supplies

GlaxoSmithKline
University Relations (UK)
Building C South, Level 8
980 Great West Road
Brentford
Middlesex
TW8 9GS
Contact: Hardeep Gill
Tel: 0208 047 4777 (recruitment hotline)
Email: hardeep.x.gill (the at sign) gsk.com
www.gsk.com/careers

Vacancies yet to be confirmed

3M Health Care Ltd
3M House
Morley Street
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 1EP
Please visit www.3m.com/uk/careers for details of their placements and to
submit your application online. If you have any queries regarding the
application process please telephone 0121 7020702 (Recruitman hotline).
Closing date for applications End February 2006

Reckitt Benckiser
Reckitt Benckiser Limited
Dansom Lane
Hull
HU8 7DS
Reckitt Benckiser have a dedicated email address at The WorkBank for
all correspondence regarding Reckitt Benckiser's student vacancies, this
address is rb@theworkbank.co.uk
Further details about The WorkBank can be found on their website
www.theworkbank.co.uk and they can also be contacted on
tel. 0800 496 1568.

[abbersram]

Thanks for the help richtagg. I've looked into most of those companies already and, for some, things have changed since last year and they don't offer placements anymore, whereas others just haven't got back to me yet or haven't advertised any placements yet.
I will look into Amgen, which I didn't notice until now. Thanks.

Did you get this information from the ABPI or someone else?

[richtagg]

I was given the information from the Industrial Pharmacists Group (IPG), I did some work for them last year.
That was when I got this list.

You could try contacting the IPG to see if they can help.