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The Importance of Internship in Corporate Setting – Blog Post by Hasan Jamal

Dear Colleagues!  Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #175. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . For the last roughly three years I am dealing with interns in the pharmaceutical company I am currently working for. Periodically our company offers internship to pharmacy graduates and almost 80% are re-hired for the position of ‘Key Accounts Managers’ My involvement with them as trainer revealed some invaluable areas of knowledge which remained either hidden, may be partially, from the companies and the prospective job-seekers, or were not seriously considered in the process of career making by both.

Fluoroquinolones Safety Concerns and Warnings (Part II) – Blog Post by Asrar Qureshi

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Dear Colleagues!  Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #174. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . FLUOROQUINOLONES Continued from Previous…… Some of the problems associated with fluoroquinolones use are particularly alarming and must be paid attention to. For example, the warning given on 07 October 2018, explicitly states. 1 “Patients should tell your health care professionals if you are taking a diabetes medicine when your health care professional is considering prescribing an antibiotic, and also if you have low blood sugar or symptoms of it while taking a fluoroquinolone. F