Also called: Pharmacovigilance Specialist
Watches for side effects of medicines after they're on the market and decides when warnings are needed.
Reviews reports of patients who got a rash after a new drug, looks for patterns in a global database, and recommends updating the warning label.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's in pharmacy, nursing, or life sciences; PharmD common.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, Professional school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Pharmacy, Nursing, Biology.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years). Estimate.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI reads side-effect reports and spots signals automatically; fewer case reviewers, while label decisions stay human.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-1042.
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