IPhO News

An unforgettable milestone like a 50th podcast episode calls for an unforgettable guest—and once again, our team delivered! We are honored to welcome David Epstein, seasoned pharmaceutical executive, innovator, and trailblazer, to the show!

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Throughout his transformative career, David has led teams to develop and launch over 30 new medications worldwide. Currently, he serves as Chairman of the Board at Agomab, where he continues to drive strategic initiatives and support groundbreaking advancements in the field. Previously, he led Seagen through a period of marked growth and success as Chief Executive Officer—culminating in its merger with Pfizer.

If there's anyone who knows what it takes to rise through the ranks, push boundaries, motivate and inspire others, and enjoy a truly life-changing career, it's David. And you can learn from him by tuning in!

It feels like just yesterday that we were celebrating our big 10th anniversary, but today IPhO turns 12!

It has been an honor supporting thousands of students and PharmDs on their path to industry for the past 12 years. Cheers to many more together!

Take a look at how far we've come and who we've met along the way!

We are pleased to announce that USF Taneja College of Pharmacy is the latest school to join our growing network of 100+ chapters!

Congratulations to the student pharmacists at USF! IPhO now connects them to more than 5,000 student pharmacists with similar interests, as well as a national network of hundreds of industry fellows and thousands of industry pharmacists.

Several more schools are in the late stages of filing their chapter applications and will soon join the growing national network.

To start a chapter at your school, contact us here.

For the student benefits of joining IPhO, view the National Student Brochure here!

The 2024 Industry Pharmacists Organization (IPhO) National Fellows Council (NFC) Kick-Off Meeting was a two-day event this August, hosted at UCB’s campus in Atlanta, GA. Fellows, preceptors, directors, and the IPhO leadership team congregated to share insight and passion for the pharmaceutical industry, highlighting the pivotal role that pharmacists can play.

The Annual Kick-Off Meeting provided fellows, preceptors, and directors the opportunity to connect and network, develop and expand on their professionalism, and increase visibility with key industry leadership team members. This year, 21 attendees participated in person while 17 joined virtually.

Please see the statement below from AIFA, whose Member Fellowship Programs collectively offer the majority of available fellowship positions.

Aligned First Offer Date: December 16, 2024

The choice of a Post-Doctoral Industry Fellowship is an important decision. AIFA exists to promote a consensus first offer date for all Fellowship positions. We believe this is a positive reflection of the cultures our Programs offer, and that culture is a critical consideration in choice of Fellowship.

We hope that other academic and non-academic Fellowship Programs will NOT pressure candidates to accept offers prior to this aligned offer date.

Believe it or not, this year's Annual Meeting is less than one month away, on September 6-8, 2024! We're giving registration away for free to five contest winners!

The rules are simple:

• Follow IPhO on Instagram (@industrypharmacistorg).
• View our feed and locate the "IPhO Annual Meeting 2024" Giveaway post (to be made at 12:00 PM ET on Friday, August 9, 2024).
• Like the post.
• Comment on the post and tag three friends who might benefit from entering the contest/attending the meeting.
• Share the post to your story and tag IPhO when you do.
• Five winners who follow the steps above will be selected at random and tagged in an announcement post on August 16.
• Winners will receive a complimentary code to register for the meeting on the IPhO website. Registration must be completed by August 31 at midnight.
• Terms and conditions apply. Please see below.
• Deadline to like and comment is Wednesday, August 14, at midnight ET. Good luck!

A New 2-for-1 Membership Opportunity

IPhO and phactMI have partnered to offer a "2-for-1" membership plan. Student and Fellow IPhO National Members can now activate a complimentary phactMI membership for the latest medical information resources!

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phactMI is a non-profit organization focused on the strategic value of Medical Information (MI) and is both an industry center of excellence and the leading-edge single source of medical information. By providing a free, searchable, drug information database, phactMI’s goal is to provide healthcare professionals with the most accurate, up-to-date drug information in response to HCP’s questions.

Partnership benefits with phactMI include invitations to quarterly virtual meetings, best practice sharing, professional development, mentoring and networking with medical information professionals, and access to members-only content.

IPhO announces the availability of a new regulatory affairs educational program: FRAMEwork: Fundamentals of Regulatory Affairs Management Education

Learn more and register today!

IPhO is excited to announce the release of its first-ever Post-Fellowship Compensation Analysis, now available to download here!

Each year, more Fellows enter pharmaceutical, biotechnology, agency, and service provider companies, as Fellowship Sponsors continue to recognize the value of pharmacists in Industry.

However, until now, little information has been published regarding compensation levels for PharmDs who secure full time jobs post-Fellowship.

After months of hard work and commitment from students and fellows alike, we are proud to announce the winners of the 2023-2024 IPhO VIP Case Competition!

FIRST PLACE: University of California, San Francisco

The IPhO student chapter at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) was pleased to host the 6th Annual Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM) on Saturday, February 24, 2024.

IPhO is pleased to announce the release of our 10th Annual PharmD Industry Fellowship Analysis for 2023-2024!

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There are 941 PharmDs currently participating in US-based, industry-focused postgraduate Fellowships. This is a 13.4% increase over last year and a record number, as we celebrate a decade of creating and publishing this analysis.

ACCESS THE FULL REPORT HERE

If you're looking to enter industry without a fellowship, don't miss our newly released direct-to-industry analysis, now available on the IPhO website. From this publication, you'll learn about the roles that were most common for the 172 Class of 2023 graduates who entered industry without a fellowship, along with details about the employers that hired them.

We've shared many times that the large majority of pharmacists currently working in industry never completed a fellowship. And we continue to reinforce that fact because it's important that graduating pharmacy students know that a fellowship is not the only way to launch an industry career!

Pharmacist job satisfaction and burnout is a growing challenge to the pharmacy profession as evidenced by a growing quantity and quality of pharmacist data. Survey data from nationally conducted studies of pharmacist practice settings including community, health system, and clinical pharmacy are consistently showing between 40-60% reporting job dissatisfaction and/or burnout.^1-6

There are significant concerns that this dissatisfaction may be impacting the well-being of many pharmacists and contributing to decreasing pharmacy school enrollment. It may even have the potential to impact patient safety. Some of the data indicates that over 30% of pharmacists were so dissatisfied that they were either looking to change careers or would not have enrolled in pharmacy school if they had to choose all over again.^2,3 This data is very disconcerting and reflects continuing trends during the past decade. In fact, recently there have been well publicized pharmacist walkouts at some of the largest community pharmacy chains.⁷

We are pleased to announce that South University School of Pharmacy is the latest school to join our growing network of 100+ chapters!

Congratulations to the student pharmacists at South University! IPhO now connects them to nearly 6,000 student pharmacists with similar interests, as well as a national network of hundreds of industry fellows and thousands of industry pharmacists.

Several more schools are in the late stages of filing their chapter applications and will soon join the growing national network.

To start a chapter at your school, contact us here.

For the student benefits of joining IPhO, view the National Student Brochure here!

Listen in as Norris shares his perspective on pursuing a career in the pharmaceutical industry and more!

The IPhO Annual Meeting was hosted virtually on September 8-10, 2023, with nearly 650 student registrants!

The theme of this year's conference was Learn. Grow. Find Your Place. And attendees did just that! The meeting kicked off with engaging interviews with our Platinum Sponsors, during which students benefited from a deeper dive into many Fellowship programs, application processes, qualities to emphasize in interviews, and more.

Then, Friday evening continued with IPhO organizational highlights, a feature presentation on patient diversity in clinical trials, and the fan-favorite Fellowship stakeholder panel.

Please see the statement below from AIFA, whose Member Fellowship Programs collectively offer the majority of available fellowship positions. It is not known at this time what the offer timing will be for other programs. Some may extend offers earlier, some may align with the December 13 timing, while others will extend offers later or even "off cycle."

"Recognizing that the choice of a Post-Doctoral Industry Fellowship is an important decision, members of the Academic Industry Fellowship Alliance (AIFA) have agreed to extend offers for Fellowships no earlier than December 13, 2023.'"

AIFA Member Fellowship Programs include Belmont University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Chapman University School of Pharmacy, Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, LIU Pharmacy, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS), Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) College of Pharmacy, Mercer University College of Pharmacy, Northeastern University Pharmaceutical Industry Fellowships, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (PCP) at Saint Joseph’s University, Purdue University College of Pharmacy, Rutgers Institute for Pharmaceutical Industry Fellowships (RPIF), St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics (UNC, DPET), USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy

"AIFA sees this respect for candidate choice as a common aspect of each of our Program’s cultures. We hope that other academic and non-academic Fellowship Programs will respect this timeline to allow for best program fit for candidates."

Recently, representatives from the winning 2022-2023 IPhO VIP Case Competition student chapter - University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - were privileged to attend the annual Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) Think Tank Meeting in Washington, DC, as a result of a collaboration between IPhO, BCAN, Seagen, and Astellas.

Believe it or not, this year's Annual Meeting is nearly one month away! We're giving registration away for free to five contest winners!

The rules are simple:

• Follow IPhO on Instagram (@industrypharmacistorg).
• View our feed and locate the "IPhO Annual Meeting 2023" Giveaway post (to be made at 12:00 PM ET on August 7, 2023).
• Like the post.
• Comment on the post and tag three friends who might benefit from entering the contest/attending the meeting.
• Share the post to your story and tag IPhO when you do.
• Five winners who follow the steps above will be selected at random and tagged in an announcement post on August 15.
• Winners will receive a complimentary code to register for the meeting on the IPhO website.
• Terms and conditions apply. Please see below.

Deadline to like and comment is Friday, August 11, at midnight ET. Good luck!