Drugmakers remain attractive employers in Belgium

Belgium's research-based pharmaceutical industry association, pharma.be, has welcomed the findings of a study of employers which shows that  drugmakers remain one of the most desirable sectors in which to work.  The Randstad Award 2009 survey gathers ratings from members of the  public according to 10 criteria, including salary level, future  prospects and training. In all but one of these ("respect for the  environment and society"), the drug sector was in the top two places.

In addition, four pharmaceutical firms finished in the top 10 companies  in Belgium to work for, all of them the local subsidiaries of foreign  R&D-based companies: second-placed GlaxoSmithKline; fourth-placed  Janssen Pharmaceutica; fifth-placed Pfizer; and ninth-ranked Bayer.