Intern - Medical Innovation

The Programme

We are looking to provide a learning opportunity for an intern in the Wider Asia Medical and Scientific Affairs team.

Focus will be on Medical Innovation which will support the innovation programs for Haleon R&D. 

Name & Title of Hiring Manager: SEAT BU Medical and Scientific Affairs and Medical Innovation Wider Asia. 

Number of internship positions: 1. 

Preferred Period of Internship Required: June 2024 – December 2024. 

Preferred School/Course of Intern: Undergraduate students from Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Health/ Biological Sciences and related disciplines.

The Medical Innovation Intern will work under the supervision of the Medical Innovation Lead and collaborate with other functions of commercial, innovation, manufacturing, consumer & product understanding, regulatory, insights and new product development scientists in the company to provide appropriate and timely input into our innovation program. 

What You Will Do

You will be required to:

• Support on-going Innovation projects and workstreams, details to be determined during onboarding prior to start of the internship based on current business needs and strengths of Intern.
• End to end development journey of claims.
• Be trained on the platforms/Systems: - ProMotion etc for preparation, approval/ review of content.
• Assist in the medical communication and external advocacy efforts e.g., with HCPs, Scientific Exchange in team meetings or by different channels (F2F, virtual, calls, Mail).
• Cross-functional team involvement in project.
• Be trained in the different processes to generate scientific documents like Claim Support substantiations, Publications, Response documents to Health Authorities, Medical information.
• Understand the process of the benefit risk of a product and evaluate the product’s safety and efficacy. 

Learning Outcomes

Throughout the course of the internship, you will attain the following learning objectives:

• Obtain high level overview of the medical affairs processes, activity, quality control, and its position in the R&D lifecycle.
• Experience in presenting in a multidisciplinary team based on scientific evidence generation.
• Training on Processes and platforms that support developing scientific communication.
• High level scientific and business aspects of Haleon portfolio.

Required Skills and Abilities

We are seeking candidates with the following skills and competencies.

Business Skills and Competencies:

• Educational background – studying Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Life Sciences, Health/ Biological Sciences related degree (Undergraduates should have completed at least Year 1 when starting role. We are also open to explore candidates at the postgraduate level).
• Proficient in use of IT and software/systems, database systems and presentation skills. 

Behavioral Skills and Competencies:

• Excellent oral and written communication/teamwork skills.
• Agility and high motivation to learn.
• Able to act in a confidential manner.
• Good interpersonal abilities.
• Organized and methodical.
• Proactive attitude to process improvement.
• Awareness and ability to work within culturally diverse teams. 

About Us:

We’re Haleon - A new world-leading consumer healthcare company.

Shaped by all of us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for millions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science.

What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re building together. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours.

Care to join us - It isn’t a question.