Question 39, 40 and 41: Your first job in regulatory affairs, did you enter the profession straight from University?

17.3% entered the profession straight from University with 82.7% having carried out a different job before joining Regulatory Affairs.

Of those who did another job, most were in Research (44.8%). The second largest section of respondents (16.7%) was in QA. The other categories (Sales, Marketing, Clinical, Information or Manufacturing) have a share of about 5 to 6% of the respondents.

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Base: those who worked in another role (96)

Again, there was a large variety of ‘other’ answers. They range from Project Planning and Hospital Pharmacist to QC Micro Biology and Software Development. The full list can be found in Appendix 6.