Anyone who exited to operations in big pharma willing to share their experience?

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Having worked in both med device and pharma - pharma tends to move much slower in regards to all aspects of the operation. Longer clinical requirements mean gradual upticks of products, etc. a lot of regulations to adhere to, but if you’re familiar and can pick it up quick it’s a great gig.

Compared to operations in most industries, pharma has close to the best upside, however it’s not going to pay like Consulting until you’re at the higher levels.

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Been in this general area across traditional pharma, consulting, and tech. The only thing I’ll add is that being highly regulated and controlled introduces so much nuance that is in a way almost a form of rent seeking from a position of entry.

FDA, DEA, CDC, cGMP/GDP, cold chain, and various requirements across branded, generic, and specialty products matter given the sheer value of the product.

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Any specific type of operation or pharma product? Could differ a bit between something like vaccines vs car-t.

Looking at any specific companies?

Early in the process for a role with a lot of infectious disease-related products, unsure about specific operations details

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