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5 Veterinarians in Industry
5 Veterinarians in Industry
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. As discussed in this chapter, a defining feature of veterinarians in industry is the number with advanced training in pathology, toxicology, laboratory animal medicine or other basic sciences, so it might be expected that fewer students take industry jobs immediately after graduation.
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TYPES OF INDUSTRY EMPLOYERS Human Health Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Companies There are over 200 companies worldwide that discover and develop new drugs to improve human health. In the past, many novel drugs came to light serendipitously, but today drug discovery is a methodical process that begins by exploring the metabolic pathways of a disease or disease agent to identify potential targets upon which a novel compound, or drug, can be designed.
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. Animal Supply Companies Animal supply companies provide specialized, genetically- and microbiologically- defined laboratory animals, and other services to meet the needs of the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food, and contract research industries, as well as universities, medical centers and government agencies engaged in biomedical research.
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The top 20 CROs worldwide had revenues in 2000 of $7.5 billion with many showing increases from 540% over their 1999 revenues. Some CROs have developed businesses in laboratory animal breeding and sales and employ veterinarians in pre-clinical research, safety testing in toxicology and pathology, research animal support and senior management.
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TABLE 5-1 Number of Companies that Responded to the Committee Questionnaire, by Industry Sector Industry Sector Number of Respondents/Number Contacted Animal feed 6/20 Animal health 9/16 Animal supply 7/16 Biotechnology 10/16 Chemicals 1/2 Contract research 6/8 Diagnostics 3/15 Pharmaceuticals and biologicals 17 /25 FIGURE 5-1 Average number of veterinarians employed per company responding to committee questionnaire, by sector.
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Not surprisingly, DVMs hold positions in the senior management of both CROs and animal health companies. TABLE 5-2 Qualifications of Veterinarians in Six Contract Research Organizations that Responded to the Committee Questionnaire Degrees/Credentials DVM, DVM DVM, DVM, Boards, DVM, Category only Boards PhD PhD MBA Total Technical/Customer Services 0 0 0 0 0 0 Safety Research/DevelopmentPathology 22 36 16 21 2 97 Safety Research/DevelopmentToxicology 63 45 25 27 1 161 Research Support-Lab Animal Medicine 58 23 5 4 2 92 Clinical Research/Development 0 0 0 0 0 0 Preclinical Research/Development 0 0 0 0 0 0 Regulatory Affairs 1 1 0 0 1 3 Senior management 9 9 4 4 2 28 Marketing 1 0 0 0 0 1 Sales 1 0 0 0 0 1 Other¹ 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 155 114 50 56 8 383 ¹Other includes production, project management, business development/alliances, research and post-docs, research in cell therapy, diagnostic and anatomic pathology services.
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with an animal health products division, provided the committee with a detailed breakdown of the distribution of the veterinarians employed across the areas of discovery research, product development, regulatory affairs, support services,
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board certification in laboratory animal medicine)
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and Number Veterinarians Board Board Area of DVMs in Company Positions Ph.D. Certification Certification MBA Total Research and Development Discovery Research 9 4 Basic Research Scientists 67 -- -- -- 67 Project Leaders Development 34 16 Clinical Researchers 32 9 9 9 59 Project Leaders Regulatory Affairs 9 4 Regulatory Agency Liaison 22 11 -- 11 44 Pharmacovigilance Global Registration Support Support Services 11 5 Pathology 18 18 27 -- 63 Toxicology Laboratory Animal Medicine Clinical Medicine Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Management Business Operations Field/Customer Support 136 63 Technical Services/Veterinary 4 18 -- 9 31 Operations Pharmacovigilance Marketing and Sales 17 8 Marketing 6 -- -- 24 30 Sales Business Development Strategic Alliances Management 99
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Certification Certification MBA Pre-Clinical 20 30 Comparative Medicine -- 15 85 -Research Support Laboratory Animal Medicine Safety Research 43 66 Pathology 10 50 5 5 Toxicology Regulatory Affairs 2 3 Regulatory Affairs -- -- -- -
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. Based on the 1,527 veterinarians employed by respondents, that represents an additional 240 positions over and above the companies' current vacancies and anticipated future hiring needs.
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indicated that they would use veterinary technicians in the future. While veterinary technicians are already used robustly in industry, expanding the use of such technical support might provide more time for veterinarians to perform their professional responsibilities and may overcome shortages in veterinary manpower in the short term.
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Similarly, as companion-animal owners are willing to expend resources for animal health products, there is greater demand for innovative products that prevent, control and treat diseases or improve a companion animal's quality of life. Thus, in this sector there will continue to be an increased need for veterinarians in key areas of discovery and product development but also those with board certification in targeted areas to provide practicing veterinarians with field-based support as more technologically complex companion-animal products are introduced into the marketplace (for example, obesity and oncology drugs)
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Many of the factors identified as lacking in postDVM education were the same as those identified in DVM programs. Industry-Specific Research and Technical Skills Among the competencies that respondents found lacking in graduates and post-graduates were training in: clinical pathology, laboratory-animal medicine, and basic safety assessment (as well as training in more specific fields, such as nutrition and poultry medicine)
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Finally, many veterinarians hired by industry spend at least part of their efforts on regulatory matters where good organizational skills are essential. BOARD-CERTIFIED VETERINARIANS: SUPPLY AND DEMAND Job Advertisements Based on their responses to the questionnaire, the committee surmised that the companies contacted by the committee want to hire veterinarians with advanced training, in particular those with board certification in laboratory-animal medicine and pathology.
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and ACLAM show that salaries of its diplomates have risen from $133,803 in 2005 to $153,038 in 2008, an increase of approximately 14% in the 3-year period. The surveys also showed that the average salary of ACLAM diplomates employed by industry increased at about the same rate, but from a higher level; that is, from $171,704 in 2005 to $199,437 in 2008 (Huneke et al., 2009)
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TABLE 5-9 Number of Active American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine Members, Retirees, and New Diplomates Year Membership Category 2004 2007 2010 Active 677 686 746 Retired 95 134 153 New Diplomates 17 19 48 DATA SOURCE: ACLAM. Table 5-10 presents data on the numbers of active ACVP members, retirees, and new diplomates.
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To assist mentors involved in residency training programs for laboratory animal medicine, ACLAM began developing a Role Delineation Document (RDD) in 1997, defining the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to be considered an ACLAM-certified laboratory-animal specialist.
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In addition to intense course work there is a practice session for the examination. During the same period ASLAP actively encouraged veterinary students to enter the profession by creating a student liaison in every North American veterinary college who answered student questions and provided access to additional reading material on laboratory animal medicine.
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Although more graduating veterinarians are pursuing post-DVM training, the numbers entering the specialties of laboratory-animal medicine and pathology are still inadequate to fill current vacancies and future needs in industry. The establishment of student clubs for pathology and laboratory-animal science at veterinary colleges as recently initiated by ACLAM, ASLAP and ACVP is a positive development, as is industry support for internships and training positions through the ACVP/STP Coalition for Veterinary Pathology Fellows.
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