The New Economy - Science & Technology - Big Pharma's stalled R&D machine

At just 28, Duncan Casey has already been from the university science bench to the world of Big Pharma research and back again. Now working in an Imperial College lab tucked behind London's famous Science Museum, he has no illusions about the prospects for researchers in the pharmaceutical industry

"The unit I used to work in - GlaxoSmithKline's place in Harlow - has been closed down now," says Casey, dressed in signature protective goggles and white coat as he works on synthetic chemistry. "It used to be a job for life. Now it's a job until the next restructuring."

via theneweconomy.com

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