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What degrees do you have to get to be able to develop medicine?

When I searched on google they told me to get a doctorate in science but it wasn't that specific. #medicine #science #bio-chem

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Jaclyn’s Answer

You will certainly need an advanced degree in either biochemistry, chemistry, or even chemical engineering. A few people I know have at least a Master's degree in one discipline, however, the vast majority developing medicine have a PhD and many years of medical research projects.

You can start by majoring in either biology, chemistry, or if your college offers, biochemistry and then applying to graduate programs your junior or senior year of college. I would recommend getting involved in research projects at the school during your undergraduate studies to prepare you for research at the graduate level and to give you an edge over other applicants. Finally, there are several pharmaceutical companies that offer internships, such as Mylan in West Virginia near West Virginia University, that offer the opportunity for young people to assist in lab developing drugs or performing quality assurance checks. All of these can help you get to the point where you are on a team developing future medicines.

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There are tons of roles in biotech and pharma that are considered part of developing new medicines. You could be a lab scientist like a biologist or chemist or a molecular biologist. You could be an engineer working on drug manufacturing. You could be a project manager moving projects along inside a company. There are also lots of physicians like me who design clinical trials to test the drugs our scientist colleagues discover. You don’t need an advanced degree for some of these jobs but do for other (like my job).

Ransi recommends the following next steps:

See if biotech or pharma companies offer students the opportunity to visit and talk to team members
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