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Industrial Pharmacy Career Event
The School of Pharmacy, in association with the in association with the UCC Pharmacy Society organised an Industrial Pharmacy Career event entitled ‘Career opportunities for Industrial Pharmacists’ on Thursday 17th February 2011
The event involved a series of presentations on the various career opportunities for pharmacists in the pharmaceutical industry. The speakers included Mr. David O Grady, M.P.S.I., Technical Development Manager,
Genzyme, Mr. Tom O’Brien M.P.S.I., Project Manager, Solvotrin, Mr. Donal Coakley, M.P.S.I., QA specialist, Gilead Sciences, Ms. Anne McGee, M.P.S.I, Managing Director, Anne McGee Consulting Ltd, Baldoyle, Dublin and Mr. Tony Hynes M.P.S.I., Managing Director, Actavis Ireland Ltd, Little Island, Cork.
The event was well attended by pharmacy student from all four years who would have been encouraged by an inspiring group of speakers, who all conveyed a clear sense of enthusiasm and pride in the profession of pharmacy and the role of the industrial pharmacist.
The event was sponsored by Actavis Ireland. Actavis also announced a sponsorship of a ‘Gold medal prize in Pharmaceutics’ for the top performing pharmacy student in pharmaceutics in final exams.