• Question: What kind of things do you make medicine to help with, and what inspired you to do what you do?

    Asked by anon-260570 to Stephen on 30 Sep 2020.
    • Photo: Stephen Clarke

      Stephen Clarke answered on 30 Sep 2020:

      Hey Kitty,

      I currently work with painkillers that you rub onto your skin, but in the past have worked with antibiotics, anti-cancer medicines and medicines that are going through the clinical trials process to determine if they are safe and effective. I’ve always been interested in sciency stuff, but specifically working in Pharmaceuticals it is great to know that I’m either improving peoples lives, or keeping people alive.

      Stephen

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  • Photo: Ian

    Ian commented on :

    Hi Kitty
    I have worked on compounds that target diseases with huge patient numbers such as obesity, cancer and respiratory diseases but also ones where the patients numbers are in the thousands – the so called rare diseases – and the company I work for has generated a cure for a single patient.
    I know that the work I do will eventually cure disease in patients – and one day that patient may be a close family member.
    Ian

  • Photo: Pam

    Pam commented on :

    Hi Kitty, I also work on making medicines. A lot of the medicines I work on are for cancer patients. I wanted to work in this industry as it is a way of using the skills i have to help people. I don’t have the skills to be a nurse but I can help get a medicine on the market that makes a lot of people feel better 😃

  • Photo: Louise

    Louise commented on :

    Hi Kitty,

    I work on new medicines to help treat arthritis. I’m mainly focused on Rheumatoid Arthritis (which is a disease where the immune system attacks the persons own joints!).

    I first became interested in arthritis in general when I injured my knee as a teenager! I had to have an operation on my knee to replace a ligament which got me interested in how the human body heals and how doctors have to intervene when it doesn’t heal. I find it fascinating not only how the human body works but also how humans have developed techniques to help it heal when it isn’t able to!