Strategies to Make You an Excellent Researcher in Developing New Biopharmaceuticals

Strategies to Make You an Excellent Researcher in Developing New
Biopharmaceuticals
Recently, a new anti-cholesterol medication is allowed to go public, adding a new
member to the long list of biological drugs. These super biological drugs not only
create amazing profits to pharmaceutical companies, but also create a lot of jobs
and opportunities to young researchers who are interested in drug development.
However, if these young talents want to get into this industry, the first thing they
should do is to temper themselves so as to acquire knowledge and skills necessary
for the biopharmaceutical industry. Biopharmaceuticals is a very complex
medicine. It is usually produced with organism or extracted from organism, such
as fungal cells like E. coli or yeast, proteins expressed by macromolecules or in
living cells and other products.
In order to enter the biopharmaceutical industry, young scientists have to acquire
relevant knowledge, such as neurobiology, cardiovascular disease and
immunology. Meanwhile, they also need to have a basic understanding of
antibody engineering, bioinformatics, next-generation DNA sequencing, genetic
manipulation and many other related subjects. Monica Müller, chief scientific
officer of a well known biotech company, said that these young people should
also need to have the ability of problems solving, creativity, leadership and
teamwork skills.
Although there are many opportunities, competition is fierce in this field. “We
recently released a batch of job posting, and received more than 50 resumes for
each position in the first week”, said professor Monica. According to Charles, CD
Genomics received 100 and 150 resumes for the position of primary and
secondary researcher.
In addition to master the most basic biological knowledge and laboratory skills,
they also need to learn about the important information of biopharmaceutical
industry, such as monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins and clinical
development of drugs and the experience of large-scale production experience.
Young people who are interested in entering well-known companies need to
understand what information their targeted companies are concerned. We are now
planning to cooperate with CD Genomics on updating our antibody sequencing
service, so as to meet more specific requirements from clients. Therefore, we need
talents with professional skills in sequencing.
While applying for a position in biopharmaceutical industry, soft power is crucial.
Communicating skill, however, is the most important part in soft power. The
same as other scientific disciplines, researchers engaged in biological research
and drug development also have to write papers and give presentations.

Meanwhile, they also need to communicate with their superior and colleagues so
that they can efficiently convey their research ideas to the targeted audiences.
“Most of the time, we are just like a used car salesman. We have to persuade our
customers who always have dissident views against you”, explained Professor
Monica.
Lastly, they should be self-motivated, enthusiastic, responsive and kind to others
are all highly valued by pharmaceutical companies. You are going to spend a lot of
time with your team, and also you will undertake a lot of challenging work. If you
can get along well with everyone and all the colleagues are fond of you, you will
be able to create a more harmonious working environment.
About Author
Candy Swift is a research assistant in Creative Biolabs. She is focusing on
searching and collecting data for the research and development of gene
sequencing.