Language and communication skills for specialists in the pharmaceutical industry: a view from the inside

The article presents results of the research aimed to estimate requirements of the contemporary pharmaceutical labor market to foreign languages and communication skills of young professionals. The responders were offered to indicate major language skills required, career opportunities for specialists with good command of foreign languages, language training opportunities within the company, etc., Authors have analyzed answers to questions of three responders groups including SPCPU senior years students, young pharmacy market specialists and representatives of pharmaceutical companies. Based on the conducted research recommendations were developed to improve effectiveness of foreign languages teaching at pharmaceutical university