Role of neurologists in the pharmaceutical industry.
Important advances in the field of clinical neuropharmacology have created an increasing demand by the pharmaceutical industry for neurologists. As recently as a decade ago, neurologists were relatively rare in the pharmaceutical industry. I describe the roles played by industrial neurologists and review both the opportunities and risks in this career path.
Peroutka
S J
SJ
Palo Alto Institute for Molecular Medicine, Mountain View, CA 94043.
D002983:Clinical Competence; D017277:Drug Approval; D015195:Drug Design; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009462:Neurology / Q000191:economics; D009480:Neuropharmacology; D010819:Physician's Role