Or would a masters in a field like biochemistry be a better idea? What options would a M.S. in genetics offer?
If you can also sell and schmooze, you could probably get hired as phamaceutical rep. They make excellent money if halfway decent.
Hell, I can tell you from personal experience that at PhD in biomedical fields isn’t worth a whole lot!
An MS is okay, but the problem is that you will hit a glass ceiling in the sciences. You will not be able to progress past the postion of Senior Research Assistant (or whatever the nomenclature is at the particular company). It’s damn near impossible to get to a decision making scientific position without a PhD as well as a postdoc.
If you don’t want to be in research, though, there are positions for scientific the MS.
You can create evil half-men,half-monkey critters 
Oh, I’d recommend you hit www.sciencecareers.org. There is a forum there that is VERY helpful.