Got an offer for a senior regulatory writing scientist at a large pharma company. Very happy to have finally made my way into pharma..it has been a difficult road! I am interested in this but ultimately want to go into a medical advisor role. If I accept this job, would it take me on a different career path or would it help get into this role eventually? Stuck on whether to accept it or keep on trying to an MSL/medical advisor role!

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Congratulations! It’s a great step in, just ensure to network within the organization that you want to land and also grab a mentor from that team. There is always room to move around in large pharma.

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Brilliant - thanks, this has definitely given me some reassurance 😊

I started in biotech as a medical writer, did that for 6 months, and three years later I’m a Sr Director Clinical development. That would be difficult to do in big pharma because they’re so siloed, but at a small to medium size place, if the culture is good, you can make the switch to a different function.

That’s really helpful, thanks. I’ve accepted the offer so we’ll see what happens!

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