Occupational, Environmental and Product Quality Toxicology (OEPQT) and Drug Safety Research and Evaluation (DSRE) Intern

The Occupational, Environmental and Product Quality Toxicology (OEPQT) team within DSRE provides toxicology risk assessments supporting Takeda’s Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and pharmaceutical manufacturing functions that will assist with specification setting, manufacturing site selection, appropriate containment and controls, maintaining product quality attributes, and employee and patient safety.

This position is for a remote intern toxicologist in the Drug Safety Research and Evaluation (DSRE) group at Takeda. In this role the candidate will contribute to data collection, storage, and analysis for use in toxicology risk assessments supporting Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), Pharmaceutical Sciences, and manufacturing functions within Takeda. This includes toxicology support for impurity qualifications, extractables and leachables, environmental risk assessments (ERA), permitted daily exposure limits (PDEs), and other health-based exposure limits (HBELs).

This position will support programs across Takeda’s therapeutic areas and across all stages of development from early discovery to marketed products. The assessments will span Takeda’s core modalities.

In this role the candidate is expected to be able to work with minimal supervision on data collection, storage, and analysis supporting toxicology product risk assessments and to become familiar with regulatory guidance documents and industry trends as they relate to these assessments that support EHS, PharmSci, and manufacturing activities. The person must be scientifically independent and able to articulate implications and risks from toxicology assessments to a broad audience.

How You Will Contribute

• Collection and curation of data supporting toxicology risk assessments from external and internal sources (including review, updating, and harmonization of existing internal databases/sources into a new central repository)
• Provide support to toxicology product risk assessments for impurities, extractable and leachable, and in silico mutagenicity assessments for drug manufacturing functions
• Provide toxicology components of PDEs, occupational exposure limits (OELs) and other HBELs in support of EHS interface

Internship Development Opportunities:

• You will gain familiarity with relevant regulations and guidance documents pertaining to pharmaceutical development.
•  Significant exposure to cross-functional and global collaborations.
• Familiarity with state of the science software used to generate in silico toxicological predictions as well as to store and manage toxicological data.
•  Gain understandings of relevant frameworks for establishing exposure limits to protect worker and patient populations as well as the environment.
  

Job Requirements:

• This position is a remote position
• Undergraduate, Graduate, PhD, MD student with completion of a minimum of one year of university studies.
• Exceptional interpersonal, verbal communication and writing skills.
• Deadline-driven with an elevated level of organizational and planning skills.
• Strong quantitative, analytical, problem solving and conceptual skills.
• Proven record of accomplishment of teamwork, adaptability, innovation, initiative, and integrity.
• Global mindset to grow in a diverse work environment.
• Previous experience in a pharmaceutical setting providing toxicology risk assessments is a plus

Internship Eligibility

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. on a permanent basis without requiring sponsorship
• Must be currently enrolled in a degree program graduating December 2025 or later
• The internship program is 10-12 weeks depending on the two start dates (June 2nd- August 22nd) or (June 16th - August 29th)
  • The intern must be able to commit to one of these time frames
• Able to work full time 40 hours a week during internship dates
• Takeda does not provide a housing stipend or relocation support for the U.S Summer Internship Program
  

 Program Highlights:

• Hands-on experience with real projects and responsibilities
• Dedicated mentorship program pairing interns with experienced professionals
• Networking opportunities with industry professionals and fellow interns
• Internship events focused on professional and skills development
• Exposure to multiple business areas or departments within a Pharmaceutical Organization

Applications will be accepted between December 18th and January 12th

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

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