(Ita 1998)ENGINEERING: Chemical EngineerPharmaceut

(Ita 1998)

ENGINEERING: Chemical Engineer

Pharmaceutical companies will spend $12.9 billion in 1998 seeking the next wonder drug - almost twice what they spent in 1990. Overall, private research-and-development budgets (   I   ) $ 99.3 billion last year, up 21.7 percent in five years. Much of that investment pays chemical engineers, who put the right shade of rose in lipstick, the mouthwatering taste in fat-free cheese, the air-synthetic rubber - in Air Jordans. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (   II   ) that demand in R&D (   III   ) by 5 percent a year until 2005. At Pfizer Inc., chemical engineers make up to 20 percent of the manufacturing work force in the country.

Adapted from: http://www.usnews.com (U.S.News 10/28/96. Hot jobs in education, engineering, finance, franchising)

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