Having been made redundant, I am now looking into my options for the future. I am a British national living in Switzerland since 2007 and working in the pharmaceutical industry (I am qualified in medicine and have worked as e.g. a project manager and medical director). I only want to work part-time from now on and as I think it is going to be quite tricky, I would like to explore going freelance. Has anyone done this and what has been your experience so far? I am quite concerned about getting the first client, I have some connections but not usually in the pharma companies, more in the CROs.
How about being a consulant TO Pharma companies through these CRO's? If you have connections in the large ones such as Quintiles, PPD, Covance etc.. they usually look for Project managers who can work for a few days a week at the Client.