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Medical Affairs Placement

Job Description:

This role will be based in London on an Hybrid working arrangement.

We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we “follow the science” and that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. And we believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.

Our Medical Affairs team engages with industry leaders and medical experts to share the scientific value of our current and pipeline products. We connect, communicate and train internal employees to ensure we all understand the science behind our medicine.

Duties:

• Develops an understanding of the Medical Excellence team: Clinical Operations, Devolved Nations, Ethics and Integrity, Innovation, Training and Development, Medical Information and the Irish Medical Affairs team
• Works within the Patient Engagement group to chair meetings and help generate impactful patient initiatives
• Develops an understanding of our organisation’s products and the disease areas
• Works with wider cross functional teams on digital and social media innovation projects, and communications management
• Helps develop and maintain the Medical Affairs skills and capabilities programme
• Identifies systems or process improvements to enable the department to run efficiently
• Participates in communication of Medical Affairs activities across the teams and the wider UK business
• Leads on development of the Medical Affairs Newsletter and Medical Townhalls
• Works alongside the team in the delivery of regular Medical Affairs team meetings
• Maintain compliance with all statutory requirements, internal processes and procedures for Pharmacovigilance 

Requirements:

• You will be looking to complete a 12-month student internship as part of your undergraduate degree
• Studying a biomedical, science, or social science degree (or equivalent qualification)
• Evidence of interest in healthcare sciences

Equal Opportunity Employer: 

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. 

To request reasonable adjustments, email earlytalentuk@msd.com. This will help us facilitate equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities or specific needs during the recruitment process.

About MSD

At MSD, we are inspired by a shared vision and mission to save and improve lives.

For 130 years, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases in pursuit of our mission to save and improve lives. We demonstrate our commitment to patients and population health by increasing access to health care through far-reaching policies, programs and partnerships. Today, we continue to be at the forefront of research to prevent and treat diseases that threaten people and animals — including cancer, infectious diseases such as HIV and Ebola, and emerging animal diseases — as we aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world.

We are officially certified by the Top Employer Institute and been awarded the exclusive Top Employer United Kingdom Certification for the fourth year running.