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Insights into Careers in the Pharma Sector
UCC
Dr. Kevin LydonEli Lilly S.A., Kinsale12th May 2014
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Who am I?
• From Westport, Co. Mayo.
• Chemistry Degree in UCC.
• Organic Synthesis PhD under
Prof. Tony McKervey in Queens’ University Belfast.
• Post-doctoral Fellowship with Prof. Varinder Aggarwal in
University of Sheffield.
• Started with Lilly in 2000.
• Held a number of roles - Process Chemist, Team Leader of
various Production buildings, Materials Management,
QCL, Organisational Development.
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Eli Lilly Kinsale Manufacturing
..... in Ireland
SLIGOElanco Animal Vaccines
KINSALELilly Bulk Pharmaceutical Ingredient Manufacturing
CORKEuropean Financial Services Center
DUBLINIreland Sales and Marketing
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TODAY :
Over 700
Employees on 4
sites
FUTURE :
Employee
numbers projected
to grow to over
1,000 in coming
years
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Eli Lilly Kinsale Manufacturing
We have continued to diversify, grow and increase our strategic
importance to Lilly worldwide
1970’s Purchased 112 acre farm, construction starts
1980’s Antibiotics production commenced
Dual supply & Intermediate supply Small
Molecule
1990’s Single-Sourced worldwide supply of main Small
Molecule products in portfolio
Animal Health products added
2000’s
State of the art laboratory facility
New “Clean-Room” Mfg facility added - €200M
New biotech investment of €300M
Manufacture for clinical trials
– biotech & small molecule
2010’s Collaborate with R&D to develop new products
Biotech Expansion, additional €330M facility
$50m
$1.5b
1990’s
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Lilly has over 65 medicines in development for diseases such as Cancer, Diabetes, & Alzheimer’s
Almost 50% of these medicines are derived from biotechnology.
Kinsale is investing over €650m in facilities to develop and produce these medicines
– Development of two technology platforms : Chemical Synthesis and Biotechnology – Unique in Industry
Launch Patent
Expiration
10 Yrs -
Sales
Growth
Supply of Medicines
10,000 100 1
DiscoveryClinical Trials
Development of Medicines
10 Yrs +
Invest in developing new products
Kinsale’s
Evolution
Changing Mission…..Our new focus
INNOVATION
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Submission
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Small molecules are “built”
using chemical reactions
Large ‘Biotech’ molecules are
created using living organisms
Chemical versus Biological derived pharmaceuticals
Insulin
Prozac ®
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Monoclonal
Antibody500X
Small Molecules and Large Molecules are very different
Insulin20X
Prozac ®
1 X
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Industry View of a PhD Chemist
• Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Sector is the highest employer of PhD graduates.
• Basic entry level qualification – not just an Irish phenomenon.
• Great learning capability.
• Problem solving to a high level.
• Ability to think independently and work as a team.
• Excellent communication / social skills.
• Superior documentation standard.
• Safe pair of hands.
• Very flexible.
• Network of contacts.
• Minimal supervision.
Interview: Be honest, be passionate. ‘Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions’
by Martin John Yate.
References: The Advisory Science Council’s Report: The Role of PHDs in the Smart Economy; The PhD in Schools of
Chemistry in Ireland: What is the Future?
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Careers for a PhD Chemist within Industry - Diversity, Diversity, Diversity……..
Technical
Management
• Continuous Improvements.
• Introduce new technologies, e.g. PAT, Continuous Processing,
NMR, X-Ray diffraction, etc.
• Corporate / Industry expert, e.g. crystallisation, particle size, etc.
• Developing people.
• Organisational change, e.g. redundancies,
product exiting.
• Business Planning, e.g. budgets, etc.
Infinite opportunities for lateral movement and promotion within a site and globally.
• Across Small Molecule and Large Molecule.
• Both Commercial Supply & New Product Introduction.
• Chief Executive Officer
• Procurement
• HR
• QA
• Materials Management
• QCL
Careers in various
Departments
Navigating your Career
Work hard, be flexible, be patient.
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Current Recruitment Campaign SummaryRecruitment Numbers
We will be filling between over 100 new positions across 2014 and 2015.
This will be a combination of Operations and Technical hires.
o Operators
o Scientists
o Process Engineers
o Laboratory Analysts
o Quality Assurance Professionals
o Regulatory Scientists
Timing
The activity for the operations positions will run from May – Oct ‘14 with start dates
between Nov ‘14 and March ‘15.
Technical hires will be spread across ‘14 and early ‘15.
Recruitment Campaign
Our recruitment campaign kicked off in April.
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Thank you.