Healthcare

By Dave Manchester, Scientific Recruiting, KORE1 Two resumes both say “five years of GMP experience.” Same five years? Probably not. GMP experience means a person has done work governed by current good manufacturing practice rules, following approved written procedures, recording each step as they did it, and signing records a quality unit reviews. On a … Read more

By Dave Manchester, Scientific Recruiting, KORE1 Is a CDMO just a factory you rent? Not quite. A contract development and manufacturing organization is a company that develops and manufactures drugs for other pharmaceutical and biotech companies under contract, from formulation and process development through clinical supply and commercial batches. The D is the part people … Read more

By Dave Manchester, Scientific Recruiting, KORE1 When does a small pharma company need a director of quality? Most need one by the time their lead program leaves phase 1 and full CGMP under 21 CFR Part 211 applies, sooner if they add a second CDMO or face a pre-approval inspection. Here’s a quicker test. Who … Read more

By Dave Manchester, Scientific Recruiting, KORE1 Your quality manager just resigned, and finance wants the replacement posted at a salary site’s number. Would you sign off? Quality managers at U.S. drug manufacturers fall in a Bureau of Labor Statistics occupation that paid a median $138,990 in May 2025, while PayScale’s all-industry quality manager median sits … Read more

By Dave Manchester, Scientific Recruiting, KORE1 What should a quality control analyst job description actually say? A quality control analyst job description works when it names the instruments and methods the analyst will run, the product types, the shift, whether the lab records are paper or electronic, and the pay range. Most postings skip all … Read more

By Dave Manchester, Scientific Recruiting, KORE1 Is $62,000 enough to land a good QC analyst this year? A quality control analyst makes a median of $62,280 a year across all U.S. industries, but drug and medicine manufacturers pay a median of $78,350, going by Bureau of Labor Statistics data for May 2025. Which of those … Read more

By Dave Manchester, Scientific Recruiting, KORE1 QC or QA, which one are you actually hiring? In pharma, quality control tests raw materials, in-process samples, and finished product in the lab, while quality assurance owns the system around that testing, from batch record review and deviations to CAPA and audits. Two departments, two different hires, and … Read more