Essential skills, education, training, and knowledge
Figure 10: Respondents job preference.
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Respondents with bachelor s and master s degrees are approximately equal in number and each represent about one-third of respondents.
At 28.9%, slightly fewer respondents hold doctorates, and a small percentage (4.5%) hold an associate's degree. The most common
training was in pharmaceutics or pharmacy, representing 17% of respondents. This was followed by analytical chemistry (14.6%),
and fields unrelated to pharmaceutics or science (11%). Over half of respondents were trained in the US (including Puerto
Rico), followed by 12.7% trained in the UK, and almost 4% trained in India.
Figure 11: Respondents salary by region.
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About one-third of respondents felt their education prepared them extremely well for their current positions, with an additional
half feeling their education to have been adequate. Six percent felt their education prepared them poorly for their current
positions. In contrast, almost 97% of respondents felt their previous employment experiences prepared them for their current
positions.
Figure 12: Attractive job features.
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Among the types of knowledge that respondents rate as important in fulfilling their functions, good manufacturing practices
(GMPs) came in highest, at 86%. Next in importance is process validation (74%), followed by the US Food and Drug Administration's
quality-by-design initiatives (65.8%). Skills that respondents ranked as most important were computer-based systems, including
database management (77.8%), chemistry (69.2%), and automation (52.3%). Least important were aseptic processing and isolation
technology (40.4%) and biotechnology (46%).
Figure 13: Job seekers least important considerations.
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Among regulatory guidelines, respondents are most aware of 21 CFR Part 11, FDA's Rule on Electronic Records and Signatures (91.5%), follwed by 89% who are aware of FDA's "Pharmaceutical CGMPs
for the 21st Century." Finally, 80% are aware of FDA's process analytical technology (PAT) guidance for industry. Respondents
also report that these regulatory initiatives have changed the manner in which they perform their daily activities at their
present jobs in the same order: 21 CFR Part 11 (50.8%), CGMPs (48.4%), and PAT (28%).
Figure 14: Respondents expected job security based on field.
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Figure 15: Respondents likelihood of changing jobs this year.
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Figure 16: Respondents attitude about feeling valued by employer.
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Figure 17: Respondents expectations for future innovation.
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Respondents
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