Medical Information Intern

Date: Oct 4, 2024

Department: Portfolio Management

Job Type: Intern

Team: Sales

Contract Type: Temporary

Location:

Parma, IT

About us

Based in Parma, Italy, Chiesi is an international research-focused pharmaceutical and healthcare group with over 85 years’ experience, operating in 31 countries with more than 7,000 employees (Chiesi Group). To achieve its mission of improving people’s quality of life by acting responsibly towards society and the environment, the Group researches, develops and markets innovative drugs in its main therapeutic areas: Discover more here

We are proud to have been awarded with B Corp Certification, a recognition of high social and environmental standards. We are a reliable company that adopts and promotes a transparent and ethical behavior at all levels.

We believe that the success of Chiesi is built and shaped by our people and our strong set of shared Values and Behaviors. Our people make a critical difference to our success, which is why it is vital that we attract and retain the right talent who will continue to enrich our culture by living and breathing our values and behaviors.

We are committed to embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities. In fact, we are a global family made up of different cultures, different genders, generations, ethnicities, abilities, sexual identities and many other enriching diversities.

Air and Care Franchises

Within the three Business Units (Discover more here), Air and Care Franchises are responsible for the development and implementation of the Therapeutic Area Strategies. Each Franchise is organized by stage of development with fully empowered and enhanced teams of: Pipeline Development Team - focused on delivering innovation and programs leadership accountabilities in close collaboration with R&D, Commercial Portfolio Management Team - focused on maximizing the benefit for the patients and the full potential of marketed / close-to-launch assets, including Life Cycle Management strategies.

Air and Care Franchises are also supported by the Medical Affairs, Value & Access, and Business Excellence & Customer Experience Global functions.

Medical Affairs, Value & Access, and Business Excellence & Customer Experience Global functions

Within these departments, you will actively support the Air and Care Franchises businesses. These units are responsible for the development and implementation of the Therapeutic Area Strategies. Each Franchise is organized by stage of development with fully empowered and enhanced teams of: Pipeline Development and Commercial Portfolio Management.

Who we are looking for

Purpose

Medical Information Unit, part of Global Medical Affair & Patient Advocacy-AIR Franchise, is responsible for ensuring the quality and integrity of responses provided to health care professionals, patients and other relevant customer groups and for providing concise, accurate, and non-promotional data in a timely manner.

Main Responsibilities

The Medical Information Intern reporting to the Medical Information Manager, supports this role in the following activities related to:

Ensure clients have essential information that is clearly understandable for using the company’s products safely and effectively.

Write and review the medical information content for global products under the direction of the Medical Information Manager/Lead. This encompasses the provision of standard content for the global products as well as the creation of customized responses. It also includes providing customers with this information through the appropriate channels (e.g. email, phone, web;CRM). The Intern will support his/her supervisor for provision of these Medical Information activities on a country level

Assess and summarize published medical and scientific literature, ensuring complete and balanced medical information responses which conforms to all relevant legal requirements, Codes of Practice and company guidelines and policies.

Identify adverse events/quality complaints related to any medical information inquiry.

Assess customer needs and provides effective solutions through regular analysis of data and information reported for his/her area of responsibility.

Execution of processes and cross functional projects in collaboration and alignment with internal and external stakeholders on local, regional or global level. This is achieved through a combination of product knowledge and intra-departmental relations, along with editing, writing, database and file management proficiency.

Education

Master's Degree in Life Sciences. Master in Pharma Medical Affaires will be a plus.

Languages

fluent English (both spoken and written)

Technical Skills

Ability of scientific literature search, review and understanding
Scientific knowledge of pharmacology, pharmaceutical drug development
Basic knowledge of pharma business/marketing principles
Microsoft Office proficiency (Excel, Word, Power Point)

Soft Skills

Analytical skills
Communication skills
Quality orientation
Team working

Contract and Benefit

6 months internship
Monthly Reimbursement of 1000 Euros
Free access to internal canteen for lunch and Meal vouchers for each day of remote activities
Free shuttle reserved to Chiesi employees from railway station to Chiesi HQ and/or free pass to the urban public service

What we offer

You would join a dynamic, fast-growing, challenging and friendly environment.
In Chiesi we firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, that is why we invest in continuous training, learning and development. Therefore, we strive to continuously promote and satisfy development needs, paying particular attention to the quality of our working environment and to collective well-being.
We want our people to come to work happy every day, and we know how important it is to find the right work-life balance in order to be able to give our best. That is why we offer flexible working approach, remote working, support in the relocation process, tax assistance service for foreign colleagues and many other people-care services.