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I HAVE ONE! :D
I just accepted a full-time position with Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals as a quality control lab technician! It's a 6-12 month temp position that I got through a temp agency, Kelly Scientific. Sigma-Tau said lots of their temp positions last longer than the original deadline and most of them eventually work into a full-time position directly with the company (that is, not via a temp service like Kelly but directly with Sigma-Tau, which means benefits!)
Sigma-Tau is a small pharmaceutical company. Their niche is in rare diseases affecting just a few people which wouldn't provide enough revenue for very large pharma companies to be worth pursuing. One of their drugs treats a condition that only 100 people in the world have, which is really cool! I think they have about 6 drugs right now, one that treats the "bubble boy" disease, a few that have to do with leukemia and lymphoma, and one that has to do with a dialysis-related deficiency.
Their headquarters and research facilities are in Maryland, and they have another location in Indianapolis. This location and its products (4 of the 6) were formerly owned by Enzon, but were purchased by Sigma-Tau a few months ago since the products were for rare diseases. The location here in Indy is purely production (that is, no research for new drugs). Random samples have to be pulled from the drugs being produced on a daily basis for quality control - testing purity, proper amount of active ingredients, consistency from sample to sample, etc. The entire Indianapolis location has about 100 employees, 12 of whom work in the quality control lab. So, it'll definitely have that small business feel, which I like. I'll be handling a handful of jobs, like washing glassware keeping reagents stocked, inventory, logs, and I think a few things with handling samples. They needed somebody to handle those tasks so the other scientists could focus on running tests. Probably not what I want to do for the rest of my life, but there's a great possibility of being cross-trained to do several tasks after a while. So I will certainly not be doing the same thing everyday, which I was glad to hear! And I think there's something to be said about working for a good company even if the job itself isn't perfect. I really liked the impression that I got just being around the lab.
Also, Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals is actually a subsidiary of a larger pharma company based in Italy. It does not have the same focus on rare diseases and the US branch operates more or less independently from the European company.
I'm going in to Kelly tomorrow for a drug test (*crossing fingers*), a background check, and a vision test. After that, I should start on Tuesday of next week! :)
I just accepted a full-time position with Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals as a quality control lab technician! It's a 6-12 month temp position that I got through a temp agency, Kelly Scientific. Sigma-Tau said lots of their temp positions last longer than the original deadline and most of them eventually work into a full-time position directly with the company (that is, not via a temp service like Kelly but directly with Sigma-Tau, which means benefits!)
Sigma-Tau is a small pharmaceutical company. Their niche is in rare diseases affecting just a few people which wouldn't provide enough revenue for very large pharma companies to be worth pursuing. One of their drugs treats a condition that only 100 people in the world have, which is really cool! I think they have about 6 drugs right now, one that treats the "bubble boy" disease, a few that have to do with leukemia and lymphoma, and one that has to do with a dialysis-related deficiency.
Their headquarters and research facilities are in Maryland, and they have another location in Indianapolis. This location and its products (4 of the 6) were formerly owned by Enzon, but were purchased by Sigma-Tau a few months ago since the products were for rare diseases. The location here in Indy is purely production (that is, no research for new drugs). Random samples have to be pulled from the drugs being produced on a daily basis for quality control - testing purity, proper amount of active ingredients, consistency from sample to sample, etc. The entire Indianapolis location has about 100 employees, 12 of whom work in the quality control lab. So, it'll definitely have that small business feel, which I like. I'll be handling a handful of jobs, like washing glassware keeping reagents stocked, inventory, logs, and I think a few things with handling samples. They needed somebody to handle those tasks so the other scientists could focus on running tests. Probably not what I want to do for the rest of my life, but there's a great possibility of being cross-trained to do several tasks after a while. So I will certainly not be doing the same thing everyday, which I was glad to hear! And I think there's something to be said about working for a good company even if the job itself isn't perfect. I really liked the impression that I got just being around the lab.
Also, Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals is actually a subsidiary of a larger pharma company based in Italy. It does not have the same focus on rare diseases and the US branch operates more or less independently from the European company.
I'm going in to Kelly tomorrow for a drug test (*crossing fingers*), a background check, and a vision test. After that, I should start on Tuesday of next week! :)
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But seriously, that's really awesome. Sounds right down your alley!
I'm happy for you. Sounds like a great opportunity where you may just get your foot in the door. :)
Seriously, CONGRATULATION!! And in Indi!! a big hug to your mom from me- I know that makes her happy!