pharmaceuticals in usa

hi. seeing as u cant work in usa without a dpharm and that mpharm graduates just have to do a one year convesion course to get the dpharm does it mean that u dont have to do a phd to work in industry in usa as ur already a doctor?

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pharmgirl

Well, the DPharm is nothing like a PhD. It is a taught course rather than research, analogous to the MD, VMD, DDS degrees they have there. Everyone remotely connected to the health professions are called Dr there, physios, psychotherapists etc. You also dont necessarily need a PhD in industry unless you plan on an R and D career. There are other jobs in industry such as reg affairs, manufacturing etc. You only need to do a PhD if you want to do research, hence a doctorate in research.