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As the Pharmaceutical Industry rapidly advances, career opportunities for pharmacists have expanded. PharmDs play an integral role in drug development and commercialization, and Industry Fellowships have become a proven mechanism for identifying, training, and cultivating this talent.

More Fellows join pharmaceutical, biotechnology, agency, and service provider organizations each year, as employers increasingly recognize the value pharmacists bring. Since Industry Fellowships began over 40 years ago, about 5,500 pharmacists have participated in these opportunities!

Building on the foundation of the 2023 Post-Fellowship Compensation Analysis, this updated report delivers new data from 2025 Fellowship Alumni. These insights allow us to identify evolving post-Fellowship compensation trends.

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Tiffany Chao, National Student Officer, Scholarly Activities & VIP Case Competition Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Class of 2026 and co- author presented the poster, “Evaluating the Efficacy of a Pharmaceutical Industry Coaching Service” at the 2025 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting.

This poster highlighted the first of its kind measurement and reporting of pharmaceutical industry coaching outcomes with quantifiable results. This research encompassed all IPhO coaching clients from September 2013- May 2025. Of the coaching participants evaluated (N=599), 314 (53.8%) obtained an industry position. Seventy percent of the coaching requests were students, and thirty percent were experienced community and hospital pharmacists.

These findings demonstrate that during over a 10- year period the IPhO Coaching Service achieved a high success rate of 53.8% for students and experienced pharmacists from diverse practice settings. As industry fellowships and direct-to-industry opportunities become ever more competitive, utilizing a professional and proven industry coaching service is very valuable in gaining a competitive advantage.

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Minh Nguyen, PharmDc 27, University of Texas; Tiffany Chao, PharmDc 26, Rutgers University; Lia Paw-Tun, PharmDc 28, Wingate University; Elsa Racine, PharmDc 29, Northeastern University. Evaluating the Efficacy of a Pharmaceutical Industry Coaching Service. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Annual Midyear Conference. December 2025.

Camerra Miller, PharmD, MS
Novo Nordisk, Medical Affairs Fellow

How long have you been working in the industry?

Two years.

Talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the pharmaceutical industry; what should companies be doing to continue making progress?

I suggest that companies continue to make their employees of diverse backgrounds feel welcomed. I believe that they should also train others on being open to learning about people with experiences from different backgrounds.